I am moved this morning to take a departure from my usual literary fair to acknowledge the pain, suffering and devastation of our poor brothers and sisters-everyone-in the aftermath of Haitian earthquake. I feel like I am watching and reading about 9/11, the tsunami or Katrina victims.
This is me taking a moment to reflect on what and how I should pray for them. It is the most powerful thing I can do to help so far away. May their physical and spiritual needs be met. May they have comfort for their losses and the terror that still haunts everyday as mass graves become the resting places of their loved ones, neighbors and friends. May their prayers be heard and peace come upon their hearts despite living in this present nightmare.
It is difficult for those who are far away and it seems all the reports only go from bad to worse. Some (understandable) will be angry at God, yet he is not the author of these tragedies and is the only one to extend a real solution. He feels as we do when he sees these horrors. We are after all made in his image. How can the dim reflection feel more than the original? The pain the Haitians are now suffering is truly beyond any of us to comprehend.
Yet while that may be true let us admire their fight to survive. Let us acknowledge that while few of us can comprehend what it is they are going through, our loving concern links them to a worldwide family. And do not under estimate the comfort and strength of prayer. Even when we feel anger or fear at the the things we see, we have a powerful ally. "Jehovah is near to all those calling upon him," Psalms 145:18 New World Translation
(Please note these are personal reflections, though reaching a broader audience than a private journal. It is not my wish to draw undo attention to myself or my own thoughts, simply to express.)
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