• Pastor Gerrit Mes of the AFM Pentecostal Fellowship writes:

Covid seems to have been replaced by a war far away. We are not directly involved, but we are affected here on the tip of Africa. When we fill our cars with fuel, we feel it. When we walk out of the shop with a bag of groceries, we feel it.

In a war, besides the few super-rich getting richer, everybody else loses out. People lose loved ones, houses, and businesses, and many lose jobs.

But war, as bad and evil as it is, shows us how many wonderful people are in this world. As women and children together with the elderly escape the war, many are waiting with food, water, transport and shelter.

It takes a war far away to make us realise God loves us all.

July last year we had our own war. But we joined hands and helped each other. During two years of Covid-19, we prayed for each other.

Today I am reminded of the power of love. The ability to feel other people’s pain as my own. Jesus once said, “By this shall all know that you are my disciples, that you love one another.” Love is more than words, it is an opportunity to show love in action.

• Contact Pastor Mes on 087 802 5752.