A story is told of a time in Kigali Rwanda immediately after the genocide when there was no single dog in the whole of city. The dogs had fed on human carcass during the genocide and fell in love with human blood. After the bodies were cleared and life slowly returned to normal they started attacking people as they went around their business. The dogs had to be exterminated, they were all cleared and Kigali remained dog less for a while.
Then one night as someone was asleep he heard a dog bark. It felt strange and out of place, the dog did not even know that it had sounded the beginning of a new season. The dog must have lived a lonely life without seeing other dogs so it decided to call out if there was ‘someone’ out there. Post genocide Rwanda was scary and lonely, it was good for dogs to be absent as their barks could scare the wits out of survivors. Yet when this dog barked, it felt like the crow of a cock, awakening and reassuring that a new day is here. It signified that Rwanda had walked through the dark season of genocide and it was time to forge ahead and build a new nation.
In our valley times, we sometimes fail to hear the bark of the dog as we dwell on the dark hurts of the past. we are used to being woken up by a cock's crow or an alarm or a sunrise, a dog is one animal you never imagine can herald a new beginning. Watch out for the unlikely signs that God is still on the throne for such a time as this. No matter what you are going through, keep your ears on the ground for that out of place, rare sound of a dog barking. A new day is here, get up, dust yourself and rebuild your nation, it is time.
PEACE
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