There’s upheaval in Ukraine. People have died, and Russian
forces have occupied parts of Crimea. Civil unrest and polarization of Ukraine’s
citizens are blighting that beautiful country. My prayer is for calm and
equilibrium for its people, and for there to be no more bloodshed.
In my tiny Englishman’s castle there is love and harmony
between man and wife, but parts of our home are almost no-go areas on account
of bedroom furniture occupying them. Where do we temporarily store two
wardrobes and a large bed, plus two bedside cabinets? The solution is in
another bedroom and on the landing, but how grateful we are that neither of us
is fat, because we can squeeze by the obstructions.
The back bedroom is empty, apart from a chest of drawers covered
by a dustsheet. Floorboards have been returned to their places after having
been removed by an electrician who installed new power sockets and a TV aerial
cable – all of this before the plastering of a cracked wall, and a total
repaint planned to take place.
Our self-imposed upheaval is trivial, even self-indulgent by
comparison with what is happening in Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan
and the Central African Republic where armed conflicts bring death, destruction,
loss of homes and livelihoods.
Will love and harmony ever prevail in these war torn parts
of planet Earth, the jewel of the Universe that was once God’s pristine
Garden of Eden?*
*Revelation 21
Links
List of ongoing armed conflicts
The Beauty of Ukraine
The Beauty of Ukraine
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