TIA…The Lone Voice
Posted on 17. Jun, 2008 by Josh Agerton in Formation, Uganda
It’s 6:13 AM Tuesday morning. I’m lying in my bed right now typing in the dark. I was just awakened by a single voice from across the road. It’s a man singing to Allah. I’ve woken up to this voice most mornings since I have been here in Uganda. Across the road from where our team is staying is a Mosque and Muslim boarding school. This man is faithfully singing from a tower above the building every morning at 6AM. I also hear him at 7, 8 and 9pm. I’m sure he’s doing this through the day as well but I’m not around.
The other night I decided to go outside by myself to listen to him. It was amazing…a strong, low Arabic voice. I sat under the stars and listened while his voice carried over the hillside we are staying on. I admired his discipline. I’m usually still snoozing in the bed when he is getting up to start praying. Or I’m going back for a plate of seconds when I hear him at 7pm. I even asked…why don’t I come out and sing to God this way? So for these last few times my Muslim friend who’s face I will never see will become my prayer partner. He’s like my timer. To pray for a man who misunderstands God and rejects Jesus Christ…the one who said, “I am the way the truth and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
Priscilla Agerton (Mom)
18. Jun, 2008
Again, you were obedient to do what the Lord wanted you to do, even in the wee hours of the morning. “The affectual furvent prayer of a righteous man avails MUCH!”
I am in a state of prayerfulness all day today for the travelers from Cornerstone, Leslie, Benjamin, Liza and Grace.
Mom