Dear Editor,
I have noticed that in these last days, as a people, we have sought to create and maintain a level of division among us. We do this either by the fact that some of us are Anglican, Catholics, Adventists, Methodists, etc, or by the fact that some of us are Labourites and others are Comrades. We even separate ourselves by class or educational attainment.
This separation has caused an almost irrepairable breakdown among our people.
Our farmers continue to lose their produce at the hands of thieves, and yet no one is caught or prosecuted simply because no one saw or heard when they were digging up farmer Ben's acres of Irish potatoes.
It is said: "Cast your bread upon the waters and you shall find it after many days." We have stopped finding our blessing after many days simply because we have stop casting our bread.
It has become difficult to even get as low as a $200 to borrow from a friend these days, not because he doesn't have it but because he has hardened his heart against this kindness, as the last time he he did something similar he was burnt.
We must remember that hunger and thirst know not race, class, wealth, or educational level. When it rains, it falls on everyone, and everywhere gets wet. We are all created equal and all will die one day no matter where we have been or how we have lived.
As we close 2013 and open 2014 let us, as a people, make a commitment to ensure that not just us or our families are taken care of, but we make an effort to look out for our fellow man in whatever way we can, as it has once again become very important to be our brother's keeper.
Gary Rowe
Coleyville PO
Manchester
magnett0072004@yahoo.com
Cast your bread upon the waters
-->
I have noticed that in these last days, as a people, we have sought to create and maintain a level of division among us. We do this either by the fact that some of us are Anglican, Catholics, Adventists, Methodists, etc, or by the fact that some of us are Labourites and others are Comrades. We even separate ourselves by class or educational attainment.
This separation has caused an almost irrepairable breakdown among our people.
Our farmers continue to lose their produce at the hands of thieves, and yet no one is caught or prosecuted simply because no one saw or heard when they were digging up farmer Ben's acres of Irish potatoes.
It is said: "Cast your bread upon the waters and you shall find it after many days." We have stopped finding our blessing after many days simply because we have stop casting our bread.
It has become difficult to even get as low as a $200 to borrow from a friend these days, not because he doesn't have it but because he has hardened his heart against this kindness, as the last time he he did something similar he was burnt.
We must remember that hunger and thirst know not race, class, wealth, or educational level. When it rains, it falls on everyone, and everywhere gets wet. We are all created equal and all will die one day no matter where we have been or how we have lived.
As we close 2013 and open 2014 let us, as a people, make a commitment to ensure that not just us or our families are taken care of, but we make an effort to look out for our fellow man in whatever way we can, as it has once again become very important to be our brother's keeper.
Gary Rowe
Coleyville PO
Manchester
magnett0072004@yahoo.com
Cast your bread upon the waters
-->