Letter to God, Almighty

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Dear God,

The Bible, which we have been told is your word, says in Numbers 23:19 that, “You are not a man that you should lie, neither are you son of man that you should repent.”

In other words, you are sovereign, blameless and just.

But I have a question for you, the Creator. I expect nothing but the naked truth.

Are we Malawians, right? Is there any truth in our boiling anger?

You have given us peace for nearly 60 years, while our counterparts on the continent have had bloody civil wars.

Now, between Malawians and our counterparts reeling from pangs of wars, who should be angrier than the other?

Dear God,

You gave us your pulpit man called Lazarus Chakwera as president. Was this a mistake? Or you were not on your desk on June 20, 2020, when we made him president?

Were you paying attention to what was to come? Did you know that there would be a high cost of living? If you did, why didn’t you prepare us for this?

There is one more thing to inquire about, Namalenga.

Have you inspired Malawians to bully your own Lazarus? Are you okay with this? Has he [Chakwera] deviated from your righteous path, and you have left him to his own devices?

Dear God,

You are on trial, and you are being tried in the Court of Public Opinion.

Are you okay with the injustices happening in our nation? Do you sleep well at night, if at all you do?

If people can turn into billionaires overnight, kill each other mercilessly, rape children; and you still call yourself a just God? Where is justice in all this? Are you waiting for Judgement Day while recipients of such injustice suffer? Are you seeing all this?

God, is it just for murderers, fraudsters, swindlers to roam freely while those with petty crimes rot in jails?

Tell me, God, is it just for those who administer justice on your behalf in Malawi courts to be corrupt, thus defiling your justice?

Whose justice are they administering? Your justice? Do you like it? Or do you loathe it? How does that make you feel?  

Dear God,

There’s this man called Peter Mutharika. Do you still have unfinished business with him?

I ask this question because he wants us to make him president again. Yet, in 2020 you willed his removal from office.

Now, I am wondering: did you really sanction his removal? Or you had nothing to do with it?

Are you really the one inspiring Malawians to like a man—someone whom you allowed to be voted out?

If you do, I am inclined to believe that you’re a God of contradictions.

Dear God,

I may be wrong in my human assumptions.

But make me understand: why reverse your decision now? Are you a God of trial and error?

But if you had nothing to with his removal, then thank you for planning to get him back. We have learned dangerously that you are God who gives us freedom to choose and own the consequences of our choices.

Dear God,

You infused us with logic and reason. And that’s why I have written you a somewhat scathing letter.  

It’s not that I’m rebellious. Neither do I intend to put your righteous name to shame. I’m just being rational and inquisitive.

Apologies, dear God, if you feel I’m interrogating you.

May you forgive our trespasses and cover us in your abiding love.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Davie Mchinga.

 


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