"That's a dead person traveling," said somebody in our group, pointing
to a fairly large dust devil passing nearby. "He's on a voyage."
"Yes," added another person, "that is what our parents taught us and
what their parents taught them."
"What do you think?" someone asked, turning to me. "Is that somebody's
soul?"
"Where is he going?" I asked innocently.
"We don't know. Just that way," they reply.
We are just leaving the hottest part of the year now. Temperatures are
cooling down to a more comfortable 100 in the day and 90 at night. But
for a while, we would see several dust devils every day. These
mini-twisters are not very dangerous unless there is large items like
tin or planks around for it to throw around.
"I can tell you what I think. And you can tell me what you think. But
how will we know what it really is?" I asked. "The Bible tells us
whether or not this is the soul of a dead person traveling. The Bible
says that the soul who sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:4). On the day that a
person dies, his plans die with him. He doesn't plan any more voyages
(Psalm 146:4). The dead do not know anything, and they do not work
(Ecclesiastes 9:5,10)."
"That's right," piped up a lady who finally had the courage to speak her
thoughts. She had studied this topic before and knew what the Bible
teaches. "Those dust devils are just some wind blowing dust and sand
around."
I am amazed at how often the people cling to their traditional beliefs
when they know from Scripture that those beliefs are false. African
culture is fine to the extent that it does not conflict with truth. This
culture has many good things to teach us. But the people choose to
continue living in fear of the spirits and in fear of revenge from their
dead relatives and friends.
May God help us to bring freedom and peace to the lives of these dear
people around us.
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Chad? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Chad in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez