I would like you to take 45 seconds and watch the video
above before you continue reading.
The lives of over 2 million Haitian’s changed in the amount
of time it took you to watch that video.
I just returned from an eleven-day trip to Haiti, where I saw
what happens when the ground shakes for 45 seconds. It is mind boggling to see
one building still standing next to a building that is completely flattened like
a pancake and a building that looks like it would fall if you sneezed.
In 45 seconds, lives were drastically changed for the course
of time. Loved ones were buried in the rubble, jobs were lost, valuables were
destroyed, but hope was found.
Hope was found.
Everything around these people crumbled in 45 seconds. They
did not know where they would get their next meal or where they would rest
their head. The life they had created for themselves was demolished in the time
it takes me to brush my teeth and wash my face.
Haitians are picking up the pieces around them. They have no
other choice but to. They are not complaining. They are not saying ‘woe is me’;
they are moving forward.
Many have turned to Christ in this time and are praising Him
that they are alive. They have nothing else but they come before God and give
Him all they have.
It took 45 seconds for Haitian’s to fall to their knees praising
God that they were alive. Now they give Him everything they have.
I still don’t give Christ EVERYTHING sometimes.
Jesus, everything that can be shaken from me that is not of
you, shake off. Shake me until I
realize that you are all I need.
Bring me to my knees in awe of who you are.
Who knew that in 45 seconds everything could change.
