Dimapur, Oct 7 (MExN): Stating that the cries of the Naga people for peace and unity are “not heard from heaven” because they are pursuing peace and unity without love and forgiveness’, the NSCN-IM has called for forgiveness amongst ‘ourselves’. There, peace and unity will follow, it reminded.
“Nagas are talking much about peace and unity without love and forgiveness but till now our cries and prayers are not heard from heaven. The hatred with big mouths has become the topic of daily lives in our society. We are burdened down with sin and trouble in our land” according to Tatar I Wabang Jamir quoting Isaiah 59: 1-3. (This Bible passage says ‘The aim of the Lord is not too short to save nor His ear too dull to hear; but your inequities have separated you from your God; your sin has hidden His face from you so that He will not hear; for your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt, your lips have spoken lies.”)
“Nagas are praying for peace and unity. We go to God and ask for peace and unity but it is not given to us; we seek but do not find; we knock at the door but it is not opened to us. Why it happens? Maybe we are not forgiven of our sins. Now the need of the hour for Nagas is to seek forgiveness to one another so that the Lord will forgive and bless us. When forgiveness is given amongst our self, unity follows amongst our self and the Lord will surely listen to our prayers” the Tatar reminded quoting Mark 11:25.
The Tatar rued that while ‘everybody claims that we are living in a land where 99% of its population are Christians,’ killings have become a daily culture routine which is nothing but a mockery of the Christian faith. “Everybody wants to be a good Christian and a good believer. It is also a human nature that everybody wants to be a good leader or a good citizen. But a man cannot do good things unless his mind and deeds are controlled by the heavenly divine power without which one cannot deliver well to the people and the nation” he reminded.
