Land of the Free, Home of the Brave -- what a blessing to be born in or to live in the land of America. As Joshua shared with the Israelites in Joshua 24, we reap fields we did not plow and drink the fruit of vineyards we did not plant. It's appropriately Thanksgiving here in America; and we all should be thankful for so many blessings that we have taken for granted and for which others thought and fought to provide and preserve.
We spend this Thanksgiving in the Western U.S., telling our story and our call to a place not like this. While we prepare for Turkey and Black Friday sales, Egypt lies in an uncertain mess.
click to read and watch the state of continuing revolution in the midst of economic uncertainty: CNN article and video
As I've shared with people across the United States, I've shared that democracy is always a messy process. No matter how we may romanticize our revolution and nation's birth under the founding father's, we had decades (if not centuries) of trying to get it right, even bloody, shameful events that we rarely even remember in history books. However, the genius of the founding fathers of the U.S. was to first frame the Declaration, prior to the Revolution, and then quickly the Constitution; but in Egypt, revolution has come and they are no closer to a unified declaration that leads to uncertainty and only more revolution.
Pray for peace among the people of Egypt--for a vision of what's worth fighting for, not just fighting to find what's right. Pray for us as we continue to share and seek partners--pray for us to be able to arrive in Egypt to encourage and teach the believers soon.
We spend this Thanksgiving in the Western U.S., telling our story and our call to a place not like this. While we prepare for Turkey and Black Friday sales, Egypt lies in an uncertain mess.
click to read and watch the state of continuing revolution in the midst of economic uncertainty: CNN article and video
As I've shared with people across the United States, I've shared that democracy is always a messy process. No matter how we may romanticize our revolution and nation's birth under the founding father's, we had decades (if not centuries) of trying to get it right, even bloody, shameful events that we rarely even remember in history books. However, the genius of the founding fathers of the U.S. was to first frame the Declaration, prior to the Revolution, and then quickly the Constitution; but in Egypt, revolution has come and they are no closer to a unified declaration that leads to uncertainty and only more revolution.
Pray for peace among the people of Egypt--for a vision of what's worth fighting for, not just fighting to find what's right. Pray for us as we continue to share and seek partners--pray for us to be able to arrive in Egypt to encourage and teach the believers soon.
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