Who will rescue Zimbabwe?

There are spiritual answers to humanity's cry for enduring freedom.

from the March 28, 2007 edition

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Knowing of this possibility stirs me, especially in light of a New York Times editorial that told of the horrible conditions in this African nation and posed the poignant question, "Will no one rescue Zimbabwe?"

The editorial went on to comment that Europe and the US had limited influence in the area and concluded that South Africa, Zimbabwe's longtime trading partner, was in the best position to help.

I didn't disagree with that conclusion, but the question the article posed haunted me. I recalled something that the founder of this newspaper, Mary Baker Eddy, had written about the US. "The history of our country, like all history, illustrates the might of Mind, and shows human power to be proportionate to its embodiment of right thinking. A few immortal sentences, breathing the omnipotence of divine justice, have been potent to break despotic fetters and abolish the whipping-post and slave market; but oppression neither went down in blood, nor did the breath of freedom come from the cannon's mouth. Love is the liberator" ("Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," p. 225).

While it often seems that political freedom is gained through warfare, this does not mean that bloodshed has to be Zimbabwe's source of freedom. Prayer brings the right thinking that allows Love to be the liberator.

My prayers affirm that God, Truth, does make all true individuality free – free from political domination, from oppressive economic conditions, from hunger and inadequate education. Devout, earnest prayer made by those who care will rescue Zimbabwe.

Surely he shall deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler...
Psalms 91:3

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