Change comes with a price

Change is a challenge. To accept it, one needs courage. Change is part of our daily life and it is essential for growth.

“The world hates change, yet it is only change that has brought progress,” said a wise man.

We are constantly changing, our environment is changing, our place of residence is changing, our friends are changing and our world itself is changing. Those who accept it with courage grows, but those who resist it ends up ends up disappointed.

The Change is everywhere. Year 2009 saw Catholic Church opening its door to the Anglicans which needs a change of outlook in the Catholic as well as Anglican Church.

USA has the first African American president, a change many still have to accept. The African Synod has invited us to a change of attitude in our life of faith. After waiting for almost 20 years Kenya has a draft Constitution, a change towards democratic governance is clearly laid out in it.

Change is all around us.We are in 2010! 2009 was a very significant year for all of us.

In Kenya we saw the struggle to put behind us the pain of post-election violence, the struggle of IDP, the plight of the Mau forest evicted victims, the scandal in the political circles etc.

In Tanzania we saw the Albinos being reduced to commodity to be dismembered and sold for money. In Sudan we have seen the suffering inflicted upon the poor people due to lack of peace and we look forward with hope to the referendum that is coming this year.

The economic crisis which began elsewhere affected all of us. Many bread winners lost their jobs. Some of our institutions were affected.

In spite of all these we can say that we have been given much but we can only see it when we take our eyes of the things we don’t have yet.

We cannot sit back. It is time now to forge ahead with a more aggressive, different and modern ways of approaching the mission in pursuit of bringing the Kingdom nearer to the people.