Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is Pastor Stephen Kato of the New Destiny Christian Centre, Kamuli, Uganda.
With a grateful heart, we bless God for this great country of warriors—not only physical warriors but spiritual warriors who sacrificed their lives to death to bring the gospel to us in Africa. I stand here in this honourable house as a fruit of this great sacrifice and a living testimony that this country’s missionaries’ work was not in vain.
The outstanding impact of this great country is felt everywhere in Uganda. Each time people worship the God of heaven in Uganda, they are worshipping the God of Scotland. I am not sure anyone from Uganda has ever come here to say thank you, but in case no one has, I stand to do so now on behalf of all Ugandans.
Living in this season of global terrorist threat, the devil seeks to create fear between individuals, yet God also is using people to bring a positive impact into the same countries. That brings us to a point of reflection. For Uganda to change, we had to receive people from Scotland, and for Scotland to experience on-going transformation, it needs to be ready to receive people that God is sending.
As Dr Livingstone came and left the living word and we became living stones, it is my hope and my prayer that Scotland remains a vibrant example of the living word, Jesus Christ.
In Uganda we have a proverb, “Ogudiza guba mwoyo”, which means, “It takes a good heart to give back”. The reason why I am in Scotland today is that I am a good man with a good heart and I serve a good God.
In this time of reflection, we want to reflect more on our strengths than on our weaknesses, to reflect more on our achievements than our losses. Scotland has benefited a lot of people and it is my prayer that God maintains the Christian foundations of this great nation and that Jesus remains the pillar and saviour of every individual in Scotland.
I apologise that my twin brother, Godfrey Waswa, is not able to be with me today. Unfortunately, he had some unexpected and challenging circumstances back home that made it impossible for him to come. However, we look forward to a future opportunity for the twin brothers to bring a double blessing to the Scottish Parliament.
God bless you, and God bless Scotland.
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