By Barrister Nico Halle in Douala
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| Iconic Peace crusader, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle |
Almighty God, Alpha and Omega, You are
Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient. You are maker of the whole world and
creator of Heaven and earth. You made man in your own image. Awesome image
indeed. To demonstrate your love, you created all the resources for the welfare
of man. Your love is unconditional, unquestionable and unimpeachable. Oh God,
the evil one- the devil- has over the years invaded your pleasant world
shredding it in the most brazen and wanton manner. Despite this sordid betrayal
of man by yielding to the devil, you still continue to show love to your
children all over the world. We come before the throne of your grace with
contrite hearts owning up by naming the sins which have taken us away from your
infinite love.
Merciful
and everlasting Father some of our iniquities we bring before you as a sign of
our admission of our sinful nature are: greed, hatred, jealousy, arrogance,
pride, envy, hypocrisy, deceit, falsehood, indecency, theft, make belief,
favouritism, concoction, manipulation, betrayal, corruption, bribery,
embezzlement, heresy, electoral fraud, tribalism, election rigging, adultery,
promiscuity, homosexuality, bigotry, chaos, disaster, disorder, racketeering,
mercenary disposition, cover up, covetousness, laziness, inertia, levity,
bootlicking, false pretence, exploitation, fraud, sexual harassment, lies,
disloyalty, graft, haughtiness, waywardness, idolatry, cabal demagogy,
disobedience, bad governance, impurity, intrigues, gimmicks, lawlessness,
selfishness, conflict, violence, terrorism, unrest, wars, strife, genocide,
carnage, ethnic cleansing, deprivation, destruction, vaulting and unbridled
ambition, injustice, dictatorship, poverty, unemployment, tribalism, false
imprisonment, power abuse, occultism, religious fundamentalism, mysticism,
suicide bombing, in short decadence in all its forms.
The
above iniquities and more have distanced us from your Grace. How can we explain
Oh God, that Africa which is the richest continent on planet Earth is not only
paradoxically very poor, but ridden with unrest and all kinds of atrocities?
How can we explain Oh Lord that man that You made in your own image and placed
to have dominion over your creation has fallen short of his responsibility and
now crawling on his/her belly experiencing excruciating pains? Is it not man,
Oh Lord, because of greed and hatred that has created terrorist groups namely,
Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the
Middle East, FARC, NAZAL, just to name a few. These terrorist groups have
committed great atrocities and wanton human rights violation all over the
world. Some of the victim countries like Turkey, India, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Columbia, Yemen, Ukraine, Egypt, Libya, Mali and recently Nigeria,
Chad, Niger and Cameroon have either been totally or partially shredded by
kamikaze terrorist acts. Where has the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning
of wisdom, disappeared to? Why do your children waste a lot of resources in the
manufacturing of arms of various brands, heavy weaponry especially weapons of
mass destruction? What sense does it make to take life when one cannot give
life? Despicable Indeed! When we look around, we see everything but love, peace
and justice.
Oh
God, unrest and strife will continue to be a major threat to the world if you
do not look down on your children with pity. We have now advised ourselves Oh
Lord, that your word is the Kingpin if we must be saved from self-destruction.
