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AFRIKA IS GOD’S
ago in my primary school En- cerely, I too have dumped reli-
glish class. gion for something more practi-
We certainly live in a fast paced cal and critical in nature. So my
world right now and sometimes angle won’t be from religious
I wonder where people are run- thoughts. Permit me to interpret
ning to and what is making them that verse of scripture in a little
run. The matatu (public bus) more down to earth way. See
driver is in such a hurry to pick it this way "of what gain is it to
the next set of passengers at the chase and gather the things of
very next bus stop just a few me- this world and lose your ability
ters ahead and he doesn’t seem to stop and see with critical eyes
to care if he is driving careless- what you are becoming while
ly or not. He is blind to the oth- chasing them." Many people are
er road users around him. The already soulless even while still
company board of directors is in very alive on earth. They have Simple living is possible
Life in its simplest form is pos-
such a hurry to meet their year- lost the ability to stop and think
sible and it’s beautiful. Money is
ly target that they really don’t about what they have become,
not the root of evil I must say. It is
care what the state of their staff what they are becoming and
the love and the desire for what
health is like, until someone what they are making others be-
money can buy that births evil. It
collapses in exhaustion. The come for their selfish sakes and
is the love and desire to live be-
church too has joined the race agendas. They are so caught
yond one's means that births all
to gather more people but for- up with life that they have for-
manner of ideas to make more
got the admonition of the Lord gotten how to be human. They
money and thus more debts and
for the proper feeding of the few have become robots, batteries
compromises of all sorts set in.
through accurate discipleship. to keep this failing system of
It is ok to have the good things in
Recently, I heard that the global the world going. I cry for such,
life, but it is not ok to live like life
debt is about 217 trillion dollars. because they have already lost
will not end some day.
Then I asked myself, who is this their souls and they just can't
unknown entity that the entire stop to check. It is a soulless
globe owes such a huge amount man that will boast of having Cut your cost of living
This is not just about cutting
of money? I still don’t have an five title deeds to various prop-
your daily spending in order
answer yet. Or could it be that, erties, while living in the midst
to live within your means and
just as Jesus spoke about the of a thousand families who have
avoiding debts, it is about stop-
ruler of this world that the glob- no shelter over their heads. It is
al debt is owed to this world’s a soulless government that will ping to check what you are be-
coming while you live your dai-
ruler? Just my thoughts and certify poisonous foreign phar-
ly life. For as a man thinks, so
musings, but musings I pray will maceutical products that will
is he. As he continues to think,
make someone stop and check certainly kill or maim its people,
so he remains. We are what we
his or her cost of living. just for the sake of foreign mon-
ey and aid. It is a soulless secu- constantly engage our hearts to
do and chase after daily. What
What is cost of living? rity officer that will turn his eyes
Yes, I began this article by talking away from child prostitution just will it cost you in eternity and in
about how people spend mon- because he has been paid with posterity for the life you are liv-
ey for things they mostly don’t foreign currency to do so. How ing right now?
need, but my overall thought is soul dead can we be really be as
actually deeper than that. I think humans against other humans? Stop and check.
my thought is captured in the
words of Jesus when He said
"what shall it profit a man if he
gains the whole world and los-
es his soul?” I know there are
people that don't want to get re-
ligious especially as it relates to
the scripture I just quoted. Sin-
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