praying in pain for my country and for the world

creator of all that exist, god of all nations, author of history, my intimate heavenly parent—i worship you for who you are, i thank you for this new day of hope, and i appreciate you for this privilege of talking to you.

today, my heart is bleeding for the political and economic crises happening in the philippines while the world’s most powerful men decided to respond very slowly to the urgent cry of the world for justice and for making poverty history.

at this very moment:
:: 30 thousand children will die of hunger and easily curable diseases just because we, the rest of the human family, do not really care enough;
:: around 50 people have been killed and 700 people injured in london, england for the cowardly act of terrorists who falsely claim that their violence is for and in behalf of the oppressed;
:: many politicians, many business people, and some military leaders who have selfish and evil motives are using the current instability of the corrupt gloria macapagal-arroyo’s administration to impose their vulture-like hunger for power and wealth;
:: a vast majority of the filipino people are suffering from hunger and injustice while the rich and the powerful are plundering the scarce resources of my beloved nation;
:: the imperialist attitude of the united states is still hovering over the philippine political dynamics, continuing to intervene in our internal affairs as a nation;
:: hundreds of thousands of thinking and conscientious filipinos feel unheard and powerless while doing the best they can in moving our people and our land towards progress, despite the overwhelming odds;
:: i am here in canada, feeling paralyzed by baggage that slows me down from doing what is urgent and important;
:: i do not want to wait any longer but i have to wait for your timing, my god and my master, so i can work effectively in advancing your rule of justice and peace.

here i am, helpless and powerless on my own. i open my whole being so you can feel me with hope, spiritual energy, heavenly wisdom, peaceful activism, and communal motivation, so we can respond to the challenges facing us.

amen.