The inspired generation (II)

Thursday, March 21, 2013

I recently had a conversation with my Father regarding all the good things and the ugly things that were happening in this country. I told him about how all these ugly things were giving me sleepless nights.

About people who only wanted progress to happen to them but not the rest of the country; people who were stealing away from the future of this country. And I gave him a detailed account of my personal experience with these bad people. I will never forget what my Father told me: "I believe that God wanted those bad things to happen to you because he knew that after they happened to you, they would never happen to anyone else again."

Not long after that, I felt a gradual calm go over me, and there was clarity in my head. I had accepted the challenge and was ready to carry the burden. I was ready to begin. Let us begin.

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The inspired generation (II)

I recently had a conversation with my Father regarding all the good things and the ugly things that were happening in this country. I told him about how all these ugly things were giving me sleepless nights.