portraits

o come, o come emmanuel

taken on rannoch moor christmas 2007

will the trees be able to clap their hands?

apart from my thoughts being head deep in the themes of Christianity in Africa( the delights of imperialism, genocide and humanitarian legends) and how to plan a wedding, i have been thinking about Copenhagen. the UN summit that begins on Monday is quite a big deal, as far as worldwide summits go. it seems to be having a lot of hype - all the major humanitarian organisations are going crazy in their campaigns. i really hope we pray about it at church on sunday. but like with most moments of intercessory prayer, it will be limited.
i really want to pray more intentionally about this summit, to confess deeply unto God our failings and our forefathers and mothers failings. we desperately need forgiveness. and we need God's guidance on how to go about transforming and redeeming what has been lost...

"Take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the
wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is
not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone. I will make Jerusalem
a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without
inhabitant." Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the
LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so
that no one passes through? And the LORD says: "Because they have forsaken my law which I
set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accord with it, but have stubbornly
followed their own hearts and have gone after the Ba'als, as their fathers taught them.”

Jeremiah 9:10-14

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