{"id":21026,"date":"2022-02-09T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=21026"},"modified":"2022-02-09T10:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:00:47","slug":"21026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=21026","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AUdMMUUYXKs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>A person with <\/em>ubuntu<em> is open and available to others,\naffirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good,\nfor he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or\nshe belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or\ndiminished.<\/em><br>\n\u2014Desmond Tutu, <em>No Future without Forgiveness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Author and activist Mungi\nNgomane follows the passion of her recently deceased grandfather, the South\nAfrican bishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu, believing that <\/em>ubuntu <em>provides a unifying and hopeful\nvision for our diverse world:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ubuntu<\/em>&nbsp;is a way of life from which we can all learn.\n. . . Originating from a Southern African philosophy, it encompasses all our\naspirations about how to live life well, together. We feel it when we connect\nwith other people and share a sense of humanity; when we listen deeply and\nexperience an emotional bond; when we treat ourselves and other people with the\ndignity they deserve. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was raised in a community that taught me <em>ubuntu <\/em>as\none of my earliest lessons. My grandfather, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, explained\nthe essence of <em>ubuntu <\/em>as, \u201cMy humanity is caught up, is inextricably\nbound up, in yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my family, we were brought up to understand that a\nperson who has <em>ubuntu <\/em>is one whose life is worth emulating. The bedrock\nof the philosophy is respect, for yourself and for others. So if you\u2019re able to\nsee other people, even strangers, as fully human you will never be able to\ntreat them as disposable or without worth. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ubuntu teaches us to also look <em>outside <\/em>ourselves\nto find answers. It\u2019s about seeing the bigger picture; the other side of the\nstory. <em>Ubuntu\n<\/em>is about reaching out to our fellow men and women, through whom we\nmight just find the comfort, contentment and sense of belonging we crave. <em>Ubuntu <\/em>tells\nus that individuals are nothing without other human beings. It encompasses\neveryone, regardless of race, creed or color. It embraces our differences and\ncelebrates them. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Desmond Tutu taught that <\/em>ubuntu<em> celebrates our diverse\ninterdependence and is related to the wholeness or peace that Jesus brings: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We find that we are placed in a delicate network of vital\nrelationship with the Divine, with my fellow human beings and with the rest of\ncreation. . . . We are meant then to live as members of one family, the human\nfamily exhibiting a rich diversity of attributes and gifts in our differing\ncultures as members of different races and coming from different milieus\u2014and\nprecisely because of this diversity, made for interdependence. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peace we want is something positive and dynamic. In\nthe Hebrew it is called <em>shalom<\/em> which refers to wholeness,\nintegrity; it means well-being, physical and spiritual. It means the abundance\nof life which Jesus Christ promised he had brought. It all has to do with a\nharmonious coexistence with one\u2019s neighbors in a wholesome environment allowing\npersons to become more fully human. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I AM ABOVE ALL THINGS: your problems, your pain, and the swirling events in this ever-changing world. When you behold My Face, you rise above circumstances and rest with Me in heavenly realms. This is the way of Peace, living in the Light of My Presence. I guarantee that you will always have problems in this life, but they must not become your focus. When you feel yourself sinking in the sea of circumstances, say, \u201cHelp me, Jesus!\u201d and I will draw you back to Me. If you have to say that thousands of times daily, don\u2019t be discouraged. I know your weakness, and I meet you in that very place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EPHESIANS 2:6;  <br>6 And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places , <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MATTHEW 14:28\u201332;  <br>Lord, if it\u2019s you,\u201d Peter replied, \u201ctell me to come to you on the water.\u201d 29 \u201cCome,\u201d he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, \u201cLord, save me!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> ISAIAH 42:3 ;  <br>a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; ( B) he will faithfully bring forth justice.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young, Sarah. Jesus Calling Morning and Evening Devotional (Jesus Calling\u00ae) (p. 80). Thomas Nelson. 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