I've never been to Haiti. I've known of a few missionaries over the years who have been and served God in that country. Today the Haitians are suffering a demise so severe most of us can not understand what they are going through. I posted this picture of the beach in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, because as Haiti's neighbor, that's the closest I could come for a picture for this post. Sadly, this beautiful beach does not represent what most people on these islands experience on an everyday basis. And now, especially, their world has been turned upside down. Devastation runs deep beneath the surface. I, like many of you, have seen the photos. I can't look at them all, but I try. You see, it's easy to send money to help. To pray. Those things are easy, and they're very necessary. That's what most of us can do. Praying is so simple, and God listens to our prayers; He knows what's on our hearts. What is more difficult to imagine is the amount of suffering these people are experiencing. They can't turn their eyes away from the news broadcast. They're forced to see, hear, feel, and smell the destruction in front of them. The rescue workers from around the world are giving so much of their time and risking their own lives to help. Those people need our prayers, too. So many of us go on complaining about our lives. We have to wait in a long line at the grocery store to buy your bottled water and organic produce; well I say be thankful you have the ability to buy food. We have to sit at the emergency room for two hours in the middle of the night before being seen; well, be thankful you have access to a doctor. When you're lying buried under rubble in a country where there wasn't a great infrastructure to begin with, all you want is a sip, just a sip of water. That's the case of one woman featured on CNN last night. I don't know if she has been rescued, but she could die soon of dehydration if not. Remember today and every day to give thanks to God in all circumstances. You never know when you're going to need to draw on that strength.
I've never been to Haiti. I've known of a few missionaries over the years who have been and served God in that country. Today the Haitians are suffering a demise so severe most of us can not understand what they are going through. I posted this picture of the beach in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, because as Haiti's neighbor, that's the closest I could come for a picture for this post. Sadly, this beautiful beach does not represent what most people on these islands experience on an everyday basis. And now, especially, their world has been turned upside down. Devastation runs deep beneath the surface. I, like many of you, have seen the photos. I can't look at them all, but I try. You see, it's easy to send money to help. To pray. Those things are easy, and they're very necessary. That's what most of us can do. Praying is so simple, and God listens to our prayers; He knows what's on our hearts. What is more difficult to imagine is the amount of suffering these people are experiencing. They can't turn their eyes away from the news broadcast. They're forced to see, hear, feel, and smell the destruction in front of them. The rescue workers from around the world are giving so much of their time and risking their own lives to help. Those people need our prayers, too. So many of us go on complaining about our lives. We have to wait in a long line at the grocery store to buy your bottled water and organic produce; well I say be thankful you have the ability to buy food. We have to sit at the emergency room for two hours in the middle of the night before being seen; well, be thankful you have access to a doctor. When you're lying buried under rubble in a country where there wasn't a great infrastructure to begin with, all you want is a sip, just a sip of water. That's the case of one woman featured on CNN last night. I don't know if she has been rescued, but she could die soon of dehydration if not. Remember today and every day to give thanks to God in all circumstances. You never know when you're going to need to draw on that strength.
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