I cringe when I see the piece of broken bottle Gogo will use to cut the cord. I murmur a prayer as she ties strings to the cord and saws until it is severed. Ncane's hopes and expectations for her child should be the same as ours for Amy and Mandla. But they aren't. That must be changed.
Life is a miracle.
We, as Christians, are called to preserve it and enrich it, physically, emotionally, spiritually. A food parcel and a blanket can help. But God has called us to bring news of a new creation and to work for it, to share the bounty of this world with ALL of God's children. To cry for justice and bring it into fruition. To overturn the powers in the world and in ourselves that keep this mother, and so many others like her, poor.