If you love the Lord, you are so very precious to Him. So much more precious than silver or gold!
A few years ago, I was given an incredible picture by a lady in church, who did not know me or anything that I was going through. She said ‘God sees you as a jewel in His crown.’ She had no idea that I had dragged myself to church that day, feeling a failure on so many fronts and yet this was the massage that God gave me! He did not see me as a failure. He saw me as precious and valuable.
That is how God sees our country. To some, we may appear to be a hopeless failure, with a past so dark, it’s impossible to bring in the light. But in Christ, all things are possible. Christ can wipe the slate of the past clean!
Christ can wash away the pain and bitterness in our hearts.
Christ can bring newness of life.
As a person can be re-born, so a country can be re-born too.
Today is a day that we can choose to start over. In Cape Town, we are enjoying some wonderful, much needed rain.
Rain is water and water gives life.
Just as Christ bring life!
And after the rain …. comes a rainbow!
Our country has often been referred to as the rainbow nation.
Here’s a beautiful picture that we can hold in our hearts and our minds.
South Africa is a jewel which is a precious gem such a a diamond.
When the light, which is Christ, shines on the diamond, it reflects the beautiful colors of the rainbow.
Our rainbow nation.
A beautiful blend of color and culture and creed.
Each of us make up a different facet of the diamond.
Each is carved by the creator.
Each incomparable.
Each reflecting a different facet of who God is.
Together as a whole, a beautiful sight to behold.
Let us come together in unified hearts and pray without ceasing, for forgiveness, for peace and for blessing in this precious land.
We may not be able to do much else … but we can certainly pray!