then this morning, i was at "jumpstart" at work. jumpstart is a half hour chapel-like program at work. we're not required to go, but a lot of people do. again, randomly, we were singing the worship songs and we sang "higher ground." actually, is that what the song is called? "Lord, lift me up so i can stand, by faith on heaven's table land. a higher plane than i have found. Lord, lift me up to higher ground."
wow, what a random song! i never hear that song sung any more! instantly, i was back in sudan. i worked with all africans, mostly kenyans. every morning we had a devotion that included singing. we had a handbook of traditional songs. kenyans love to sing! and this song was very popular. we sang it on a regular basis.
seriously, i started to tear up (1) remembering sudan and my colleagues there and (2) thinking about the tragedy of that country. honestly i can't imagine how God could fix all the brokenness that is going on there.
ongoing war. rebels. the government waging war on it's own people. occasional drought. ongoing war. more war. outsiders taking advantage of resources (oil). and now, the government has kicked out 13 aid agencies out of darfur. of course this is having a terrible effect on darfur. i won't go into the details of everything that's happening there now. google it if interested.
how is there any solution? only God knows. only he can fix it. at this point, all i can do is pray regularly. pray for peace. pray for the organizations that work there. pray for christian sudanese. pray for those i remember from there. pray.
