April 7th is the anniversary of the 1994 genocide that took place in Rwanda. It is a time when the country remembers things that they would rather forget. When people pause their lives (no one works that day) and consider. For many this is a time of remembering pain and loss. Will you take a moment to join with me and pray for Rwanda?
Today we pray especially for the country of Rwanda and it’s people. A country that has shown amazing resilience by rebuilding itself miraculously in these last 17 years. A country whose people are strong and determined. And yet, many of them are holding onto painful memories that they hide deep inside. God, we ask you to be the peace that each of these hearts needs. We ask you to direct the hearts of the people of Rwanda to you, and that as they turn to you hope would rise within them. God help them to release their pain and memories to you and to find comfort and healing in your embrace. Help a people who have felt betrayed by friends, neighbors, and even family members to find the strength and unwavering faith that trusts in a God who will never let them down.
God we know that you care especially for the orphan and the widow. We pray today that each orphan would know that you are their loving & ever-present father. We ask that each widow would see that you are the husband she lacks & that she can depend on you.
I pray for even the questions that may go unanswered, the “why” and the “how”, that they would trust their unanswerable questions to you God, and know that no matter what their eyes may have seen, you God are able to work all things together for good, because you are good. And nothing is impossible for you!
Thank you God that “now is the time” for Rwanda. Now is the time for your Spririt to move. Now is the time for a harvest of souls. Now is the time to call your loved ones out of darkness & into light & joy!
In Jesus Name We Pray,
Amen.
