…as pictures speak
Not surprisingly, perhaps, Egypt has featured on numerous occasions on this blog so far this year. As preachers we are called upon to make some kind of ‘God sense’ of what we see, however falteringly. Every once in a while, though, we find ourselves all but lost for words. Yesterday @NavineZaki posted this photo from the streets of Cairo. In the midst of all the bloodshed, madness, hope and frustration, it shows a moment of true human beauty. Maybe this is why thousands have already tweeted it and passed it around the world. As Muslims kneel in the street to pray, Christians link hands and form a protective cordon around them. Nuff said…
Photo: Nevine Zaki
As it says in Ecclesiastes 3 ,there is ‘a time to be silent and a time to speak’ (v.7) . This is the former
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February 4, 2011 at 7:17 am
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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Colleen Foshee, Chatbible, Dave Roberts, Dave Roberts, Richard Littledale and others. Richard Littledale said: @NevineZaki Your wonderful picture moved me SO much, & has inspired me to blog. We SHALL keep Egypt in our prayers. http://wp.me/pF9OB-qS [...]
February 4, 2011 at 10:15 am
John Hamilton
Nice one, Richard. I’ve been reading the Story of Joseph in E100 this week. All those years ago, God moved the Pharaoh of the time to give refuge to the nation of Israel which was emerging from Jacob’s family. Then God’s plan included a famine and the threat of extinction for this family. As Joseph said, God meant it for good in the longer term. Let’s pray that God’s kingdom will come in the midst of what is happening in Egypt and that his good will be there for all the people of Egypt in the days and months ahead. And may God use his people in Egypt for his purposes.
February 4, 2011 at 10:23 am
preachersa2z
John, I’ve been on E100 this week too – just finished Joseph’s story this morning. The verse which really struck me was Genesis 45 v. 22 – the old pattern of dangerous favouritism repeating itself. Changed societies have to come from changed lives, in the end.
February 8, 2011 at 9:07 pm
John Hamilton
Yeah. Do we humans ever learn from our experiences? It’s not just the Bible, but the news on a daily basis that suggests perhaps not.And yet God can change us – and even use us while we remain disappointingly human.
February 4, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Lin Pearson
I recently read about Egyptian Muslims defending Christians as they went to services.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/3365.aspx
February 4, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Real peace « Thinking Simply
[...] the midst of the protests in Egypt @NevineZaki (HT: Richard Littledale) posted the photo below which says more than words can really express. As Muslims knelt to pray, [...]
November 28, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Poetry in motion « Richard Littledale's Preacher's A – Z
[...] there are so many confusing images emerging from Egypt. First we saw sectarian violence, then defiant courage, then persistence, and then an uneasy new dawn. Spanish photographer Miguel Angel Sanchez moved to [...]