I have had a heavy heart since returning from my second trip to Carrefour. I appreciated being able to lift up my brothers and sisters in prayer, but I kept feeling a pull to do something. There are so many needs to be met, I began to feel overwhelmed. I began to carry the burden of the country on my shoulders.
But then I remember the gospel. Jesus came to save us. We live in a broken world; Jesus came to forgive us of our sins. He came to bridge the gap between God and mankind. God confused our language, so we could not build a tower to Heaven. Instead, he sacrificed his only son so that we could enter heaven through Jesus.
As I continue to pray for Haiti, I ask God to fulfill this promise in Isaiah 30 (verse 18) Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him.
I struggle to wait, but I can rest trusting in a God of justice and compassion. As I hunger and thirst for justice, God has already provided for the justice I seek among my brothers and sisters.
Haiti has a long, hard journey ahead of them, but God is with them and will provide for their needs.
Psalm 46: 1-3
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its water roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
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