God is Faithful
The longer I'm in South Africa the more I see God's faithful hand on this nation. I have been here almost six months and for six months the news has had a story about it being "strike season". Now, for those of us who have no idea what strike season is....it is when people in certain industries of work strike to see change in their work places. The first time I heard about "strike season" I thought maybe this would last one month. The news does use the word "season" when talking about it. But so far this has been a six month season and I see no end in sight. So, maybe its always strike season in South Africa.
I have seen the taxi drivers strike at least four times since I've been here, the bus drivers have been on strike, then came the train strikes, (when taxis, buses, and trains are on strike the majority of people cannot go to work. So these strikes slow down all business here.), the doctors went on strike for a very long time and many patients suffered through this, the service delivery workers (That was great. There was no garbage pick up for about a week.), the workers of a chain of stores here, the laborers (That is a huge category of people and their strike caused a lot of physical damage on streets here in Cape Town), the university students at certain universities have been on strike, and now the postal workers. That's right, mail is not being delivered now.
In the midst of all this striking I really just keep thinking how faithful God has been to this nation. Things here are continuing to grow and progress. Businesses are expanding, the Rand (money currency here) has strengthened in its value since I have been here, stadiums are being built for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, road development and construction is increasing. Amazing!!! I don't know how all these things keep growing with all the strikes going on. It is really a sign of God's faithfulness to see this nation grow into what He has called it to be.
South Africa is a very young nation with a very young government. The current government system has only been in place since 1994. I know God is giving this nation time to grow up. The day will come when the voices of all people in this nation can be heard, strikes will no longer be a needed tool to get leadership to hear the people's concerns, and everyone will be able to communicate with one another. What a day that will be!
In the mean time I have three motives with this blog.....1. Just to let you know more about what it is like here. 2. To show God's miraculous work of sustaining this nation. 3. To ask you to pray for people of God in this nation to step up as agents of change so that South Africa will grow in God's ways, and so that His will will be done in this nation!
I have seen the taxi drivers strike at least four times since I've been here, the bus drivers have been on strike, then came the train strikes, (when taxis, buses, and trains are on strike the majority of people cannot go to work. So these strikes slow down all business here.), the doctors went on strike for a very long time and many patients suffered through this, the service delivery workers (That was great. There was no garbage pick up for about a week.), the workers of a chain of stores here, the laborers (That is a huge category of people and their strike caused a lot of physical damage on streets here in Cape Town), the university students at certain universities have been on strike, and now the postal workers. That's right, mail is not being delivered now.
In the midst of all this striking I really just keep thinking how faithful God has been to this nation. Things here are continuing to grow and progress. Businesses are expanding, the Rand (money currency here) has strengthened in its value since I have been here, stadiums are being built for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, road development and construction is increasing. Amazing!!! I don't know how all these things keep growing with all the strikes going on. It is really a sign of God's faithfulness to see this nation grow into what He has called it to be.
South Africa is a very young nation with a very young government. The current government system has only been in place since 1994. I know God is giving this nation time to grow up. The day will come when the voices of all people in this nation can be heard, strikes will no longer be a needed tool to get leadership to hear the people's concerns, and everyone will be able to communicate with one another. What a day that will be!
In the mean time I have three motives with this blog.....1. Just to let you know more about what it is like here. 2. To show God's miraculous work of sustaining this nation. 3. To ask you to pray for people of God in this nation to step up as agents of change so that South Africa will grow in God's ways, and so that His will will be done in this nation!
posted by Jeanne at
3:57 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home