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Prayer for Kenya
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
Kenyans are currently engaged in disentangling themselves from the disputed results of a presidential election that has plunged the country into uncertainty. At times the emotions from opposing camps have spilled into street protests, riots, and violence. Over the past week many have had their houses and businesses burned, others have lost their lives, and many have fled their homes, becoming refugees in their own country.
This urgent state of affairs, however, has also caused many people of goodwill inside and outside of Kenya to respond with prayer and calls for peace.
I live in Kenya, and when reports of the violence in various parts of the country reached me, I, like so many others, began to pray. In fact, lamenting the situation, I called a Christian Science practitioner in Nairobi. She listened patiently, and then very tenderly asked me, “Joseph, is there anywhere where God is absent?” I answered “No.” “Then know that He is in control and all is well. Continue praying and seeing that.”
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