Truth Memoirs

Why would a good God allow people who are desperate for miracles fall prey to false prophets? This was my thought whenever I heard of people who have lost their hard earned monies or have been misled by False Prophets. I initialy had no sympathy for these victims because I did not understand how anyone would fall prey to the False Prophets, but when I ran into difficult life situations and the pain was so deep that I was desperate and open to an instant resolution my sympathy shifted . I was fortunate that my desperation did not lead me to fall prey to these False Prophets but I gained enough insight to have a sympathetic view of the victim’s circumstances. As I was seeking relief from life difficult circumstances I shifted the blame to someone who can offer an instant resolution to my situation and of those who have fallen victims of False Prophets. I shifted the blame to God (revealed in the Bible) . Why would he not provide instant miracles to resolve difficult situations while at t...

I had pondered whether the Christian belief forbiding cultural practices that acknowledge ancestors was intended to block me as an African to know my true identity. I come from a denominational church and in my family we did not perform any ancestral cultural practices. This was normal to me because the people in my social circles had the same upbringing,but as I entered adulthood my social circles grew and I started socializing with people who had a different upbringing. This issue on true identity initially started to bother me when I realised that in my denominational church ancestral cultural pratices were not strictly forbidden, it was a personal choice. I started to consider it deeply when people in my social circles who acknowledged ancestral cultural practices associated them with true identity as an African. In all this time these were just thoughts with no action but when I came up on difficult life situations I was really tempted to follow through with action. The only reaso...

The Innocence Project is a US organization that works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. In a documentary I recently watched about this organisation,they proved beyond doubt that some of the methods the legal system relied on to collect evidence were unreliable. Innocent people were incarcerated because the US legal system relied heavily on these methods. A lot of people's lives were destroyed, because most of them had spend decades behind bars only to be found innocent of the crimes they were accused to have perpetrated. What stood out for me is that some of the proponents of this unreliable evidence gathering methods stood behind these methods despite the overwhelming evidence that was put forward. They dug in their heels because they prefer the truth to be what they want it to be. I know what it is like to dig into my own heels because I want the truth to be what I want it to be. I ha...

Recently Mbuso Moloi aka Woolies Looter pleaded guilty to charges of theft and public violence related to the looting during the 2021 July Unrest.Public opinion on this turn of events was very divided. There are some people who believe justice was not served because big politicians and corporate officials stole more than him but they have yet to be brought to account. Personally I feel justice is served,we can't compare this case and that of others based on the value involved, each case must be judged on its merit. But truth be told there are instances where I would be the one making the argument made by those who claim justice was not served in this case. This means my kind of justice is fluid depending on who is involved. I realize that this could not be right I need to understand why this is the case. What we see is not all that there is to see. We are privileged to know and appreciate after the fact that Jesus came to save humanity. If the people who killed him were afforded th...

This year marks 30 years since struggle hero Chris Hani was assassinated, earlier in the year his killer Janusz Walus was also paroled. A lot of people were outraged when he was paroled because they did not believe he told the truth about the identity of the person who is the brains behind the assassination. I also thought his parole was an injustice, because he brought this country on the brink of a civil war.I was outraged because his actions are proof that he did not care about the well being of this country so he deserved to rot in jail as far as I was concerned. But I had an opportunity to think hard about my outrage, this is when I realized that my definition of justice in this instance was revenge, but revenge is an obstacle towards my journey to destiny disguised as justice. Revenge is a distraction As a human being I am a vessel of forces in the unseen realm whose motive is to either influence me towards the Creator or away from the Creator. So when I seek revenge on another h...

Bryan Stevenson, a US Human rights lawyer once said Americans should not be asking whether capital punishment is the right thing to do or not but they should be asking whether they have the right to end another human being's life given the flawed American justice system. Bryan Stevenson is the founder of an organization Equal Justice Initiative who have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for over 135 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced. So he knows what he is talking about when he says the American justice system is flawed. We do not have capital punishment in South Africa but I share his views of a flawed justice system, in the South African context especially when I see people escaping punishment because they have the financial means and those without financial means suffer unjust  consequences.These sentiments are shared by many South Africans in circles that I socialize in. This common...