Nancy Watenga

"God has a purpose for our suffering; if we can be still enough to listen, we will hear his message of hope and healing," writes Sr. Nancy Watenga. 

How can youth communicate effectively with adults? And when will adults begin to take each youth as an individual? 

Kenyan freedom fighters gave their all for a freedom that today is so widely abused in the country. I wonder — why is it that beneficiaries cannot sustain the vision that was once dear and clear to the visionary?

It is God's plan for each one of us to grow, yield plenty and with grateful hearts give back to society.

Our Lord understood very well the role played by a mother and her unconditional love. And since high school, I have had the habit of going to the Son through the Mother, especially at any dire point of need.

One must have quite a deep and unshakable faith and many meaningful years on Earth to begin to get comfortable with the idea that one day, he or she will be physically gone, and gone forever.

Is there anyone there to hear what the other is crying out, whether physically or emotionally? Until each individual resolves to listen to the other. we will continue to remain obstinate, no better than that pharaoh of old.

The Scripture is clear: Those who practice witchcraft, idolatry and adultery will never see God. This must be the depth of pain of a soul that is meant for salvation yet loses it.

If humans, as limited as we are, can go to the extent of taking addicted and reckless sons to rehabilitation, in an attempt to change them, what about God our Father — the Creator of us all?

For most of my life, I thought there was some sanity in the world, but as I have reflected on some events, I have had to wonder what could have caused so much pain to humanity, including in my own country of Kenya.

Three principles have given me an unknown drive to defy all odds and to go for my dreams. Given my humble beginning, I must say all my achievements have been by the finger of God. There can be no better explanation.

We humans seem to have come to abhor silence, moving from radio, to television, to phone, then emails, and Whatsapp, Twitter and Messenger. Quite a busy world! But who has time to listen to the interior man/woman now?

Pride is a sin that blurs our vision so we can't see clearly what lies in the word of God and in all the teachings meant to keep us growing in our personal relationship with our Father and Creator.

I have been pondering the following four areas that require radical change in the world if my generation wants to be able to quietly and in a fulfilling manner say a quality "good bye."

I ask each religious sister: Are you a miracle yourself? Do you feel so from within? I would define a miracle as an extraordinary occurrence that cannot be explained by science, and therefore is attributed to God.