a prayer for Kenya

It’s absolutely horrific. Satanic. Chaos.

Evil exists in this world, and it can be seen clearly in recent pictures from Kenya. Insight Kenya is well stocked with many pictures of the horror occurring. As I look through the pictures, I think more and more. These aren’t just pictures. These are moments of real peoples’ lives. People like you and me who trusted in the democratic process. People with families, hobbies, loves, burdens… It looks to me like Kenyans are all connected now by hate, whether it be the effects of others’ hate, or their own.

I don’t much understand politics. I have no passion for studying it, and I don’t grasp it easily. Politics’ often self-contradictory and ambiguous nature confuses me. I won’t pretend I do understand it. Nor will I pretend to understand the intricacies of Kenyan politics.

There are some things, however, which are easy to comprehend (even if they are not easy to accept).

Tension. Disagreement. Accusations. Cheating. Hate. Selfishness. Collapsed. Terror. Subdued. Crippled. Degradation. Cruelty. Evil.

These are the tragedies which have taken Kenya- and its people- hostage.

It is not only Kenya that suffers- or will suffer, however. Evil is found everywhere. The roots for this sort of situation, this barbarous brand of behavior, lie all around us, all over this world.

Kenya must be helped. Its people deserve better just by their very existence.

This evil must be prevented from invading more peoples’ lives. It must be stopped- eradicated.

It’s horrible- beyond description. No amount of searching a thesaurus would supply me with words to describe what I have only read and seen in pictures. It is wrong, base, unforgivable, and evil. It makes me cry.

But what can I do? How insignificant I am compared to all this!

For now, I will pray. I will pray for Kenya to rise triumphant out of this mess. For peace to be restored, differences bridged, and leaders who care for the people given power to care for their people. I pray for those injured, that somehow, despite all that has happened and may yet happen, they will find peace. That they will be able to continue their lives- doing more than just “moving on”, but integrating this experience so as to change themselves, and their country, for the better. Most of all, I pray that Kenya will overcome, and bring hope to the rest of the world that it is possible to triumph over the evil that threatens every one of us.

some Kenya blogs and whatnot I have come across and found informative- Insight Kenya, Kenyan Pundit, Thinkersroom, Kenya and Africa, Funua, Ushahidi. Articles/news reports are easy enough to find via newspapers, google, and these blogs themselves, so I’ll leave such finding up to you.