" Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8  Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love ." (John 4:7-8, ESV) In systems where corruption is rampant and power is exercised without meaningful supervision, pretext often becomes a weapon of political persecution. Among the most revealing phrases in such environments is deceptive words: “we don’t know him.” It appears an assertion of unfami

You say you love the rain, yet you reach for umbrella, afraid of getting wet, afraid of letting it touch. You say you love the sun, yet you search for shadows, hiding from the warmth you once prayed would find you. You say you love the wind, yet you shut your windows tight, fearing the vitality it might bring, the way it rearranges things. If you carelessly read my words, I would have known feelings misplaced, Yet you froth and foam, showing they strike reflective chord. Do I

Even the most inward minds need moments of shelter, where they are not thinking, not working, only being kept. There are days when I don’t want to be strong. Not quietly strong. Not brave in a way that no one notices. Just… relax. For once, you are tired. You need to be looked after. And highlighting this thought because today I saw you full of fatigue. We live in a world that praises the caregivers and the hard workers. The ones who remember others' birthdays, wh

Giz's diary entries were short and fragmented, sometimes showed hope, sometimes filled with hopelessness. It's heartbreaking that we only discovered these entries too late, but they reveal a chilling truth: a little girl who, after suffering cruel abuse, still believed it‘s because she was not good enough and still trying to be a "good girl." As a form of control and humiliation, she was forced to squat for long periods of time, sometimes overnight, could not even sleep. Desp