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through this crisis that Afrika still I have personally had many and then give financial support
thinks that foreign nations are the reactions to life's issues that I during the crisis, that we can
only ones with solutions to gen- wasn't proud of. But I love how actually seek God for help all
eral problems. I do not believe in God deals with such things, for over the world without anyone
such a thing. What I do believe when I go to Him with the pain of pushing us to do so, that we can
is that, this crisis came to show my reactions, He always gives a actually be humans without our
us as Afrikans that we can ac- quick way out saying "next time, heads locked up in the clouds
tually deal with our own issues, respond this way". And by that, of our useless pride and arro-
using the original and authentic wisdom is learnt, confidence to gance! That we can actually be
solutions we have in Afrika. It deal with issues is gained and alive! It is amazing what a global
has given us the much needed conversations are no longer crisis can do. But are we learn-
reason to once again believe in wasted. ing or will we come out of this
ourselves as people who carry crisis and go back to the usual
original solutions to this world's We as Afrikans and even the ways of inhumanness?
problems. But how we respond entire world will be fools if we
to the many aspects of our lives do not learn true wisdom from Life must throw stones at us in
that Covid-19 came to show us this crisis that has shut down forms of crises, and we can ei-
will determine if we are worthy most global societies. From ther cry over the stones or build
custodians of the wisdom of the this same crisis, we have seen castles with them. In this case,
ages graciously given to us by that it is possible; for the price after Covid-19, what new pol-
God. I read somewhere some- of petrol to be reduced, without icies would we come up with
one wrote about the Covid-19 killing the economy, for taxes to that will help our health system,
pandemic. It says, "World Health be reduced without any dam- educational system, transport
Organization says that the future age to our economic lives, that system, family system, religious
of survival against viruses in hu- home schooling is good for the system, police system, military
mans is in diet fortifications with child-parent relationship, that system and every other system
naturally available Organic An- the world can actually care for we use daily?
tiviral Immunity Boosters, using each other without the usual We have been given a good
affordable, locally available food foolish banter over race and na- chunk of time to reflect on all
technology." This makes a lot tionality, that no one has to be these things and we can no lon-
of sense whether it is true that in a church, temple or mosque ger give excuses for the things
the WHO said it or didn’t. The to be spiritual, that schools can that have stopped us before.
statement is still true on its own actually close and students will Afrika must rise on the wings of
without WHO's endorsement. still learn, that fathers can actu- truth, originality and wisdom. We
No one needs the permission of ally stay away from drinking in have no choice but to build great
WHO to seek natural solutions bars and be fathers indeed at castles with the stones being
to their problems. It is just wis- home, that mothers can actually thrown at us right now.
dom to find out, know and then breathe because older daugh-
use local and natural solutions ters are at home to help with the
that work for local issues. house, that governments can
actually speak to their people on
What are we learning? other matters away from politi- Samuel
Concerning life's issues and re- cal campaigns, that we can ac- Phillips
sponses, Jesus never respond- tually stop importation of second is a writer, gospel
ed to questions or accusations hand clothes from overseas into music artiste and a
from the level of where they Afrika since it's easy to transfer photographer. He
were thrown at Him. He took all the virus through them, that the is passionate about
questions to the level of His own media can actually report other Afrika and her
divinity. And that's why some- things apart from the usual, that true freedom. He
times when He was asked a social media instead of the usu- runs aduaaya.com
question, He would answer with al madness that happens there saphire338.com
another question, thereby creat- can actually be used as a chan- and can be reached
ing a new level of conversation. nel for people to check on others with :
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