Musaazi NAMITI | SUNDAY THOUGHT
I do not know if there is anyone who can demonstrably prove that they communicate with God. But in Uganda, we seem to have a notable and rare exception. Janet Museveni, the wife of President Museveni—and her daughters—do speak to God, going by their public comments.
Do not laugh. They do. If you do not take them seriously, maybe you harbour serious doubts about the existence of God.
When Mrs Museveni contested for a parliamentary seat for the first time in 2006 and won, she said she had accepted God’s work, meaning representing the people of Ruhama was a divine calling. Her husband said at the time, while addressing an event she had organised after the election, that: “They say I have stuck on the presidential chair like glue. But for Janet, God had revealed himself to her.”
If you reveal yourself to someone, you talk to them and they talk to you.
This week, Mrs Museveni said her daughter Patience Rwabwogo, who has just been consecrated as bishop, has “a very strong relationship with God.”
There seems to be at least circumstantial evidence that God talks to members of the First Family.
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Which is perfectly OK. Maybe he has compelling reasons for talking to them. But when you say you communicate with God or that you have a strong relationship with him, you should be able to prove that there is real communication and that you can provide irrefutable evidence.
People expect you to recall when your latest communication happened, how it happened, how long it lasted, what exactly God said, whether he spoke Runyankore or English and whether he used a broad Kinyankore accent or British or American accent.
Also, a strong relationship between two individuals suggests mutual benefit from the relationship. If you say Bishop Patience Rwabwogo has a strong relationship with God, you should demonstrate what makes it strong for God—and beneficial—since he is literally everything, according to believers.
That can be a real challenge. And there is the million-dollar question Mrs Museveni’s public comments about God raise. She has been seriously ill and thanked Jesus, saying he had “delivered my life from the very jaws of death”.
If God is real and the only way to meet him face to face is through death, why doesn’t Mrs Museveni want to meet him?
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