Pray For the Nations

One year ago yesterday was Japan's 2011 earthquake.

Last week, there has been the Kony 2012 video that was circulating around on facebook and on other internet sites. Surprisingly, within 48 hours, this video even brought on a debate in our leadership class last Thursday. In the beginning of this debate, there clearly was two arguments presented on two different platforms. As a debator, you know that nothing is a debate unless you bring them on equal levels, yet at the same time when you do so, you will find that the thing that you are arguing about does not seem to exist, it's merely just a different point of view coming into contact. (Anyway, enough debate talk). So originally I did not want to add my opinions into the debate...but...sadly enough, you'll see me heat up, steaming in my chair. In the end, I couldn't refrain on adding myself into the debate to sum it up in a way (yet I did present my stance on this video after reading a lot on it).

The issue that comes along is not what Kony 2012 has brought to the Western world. The issue is people's indifference about injustice in the world in general. It may be true that circulating the video would help capture Kony, how about the aftermath? Note that I'm not saying that the video did not serve it's purpose in marketing this issue. I'm strictly talking about people's mentality and indifference in general. Kony 2012 seems to be the daily news that we talk about. A few days, the whole talk, the whole debate, the whole act of circulation in a way halted. Did people's "passion" on this topic died? How many of the people furiously talking about it still care?

I'm not saying this merely to condemn people, neither do I have this intention, cause this very blog post is written as a reminder for myself. I need to remind myself to pray for different nations around the world, pray for those who are living in injustice.

• Japan's earthquake in 2011
• Haiti's earthquake in 2010
• Sichuan's earthquake in 2008
• Kony 2012 - Children's army in Uganda
• Human trafficking in Cambodia
• ....

The list goes on an on...these are the only few that popped up in my mind when I'm typing this.  I'm sure there's a lot more going on out there in the world that I'm not aware of.

I know my efforts as one individual is limited, yet I believe and trust in God's power. I might not be the one that's called to actively so something, I can still pray for the people there and the people working there to help restore :)