are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will
find rest for your souls. For my yoke
is easy to bear, and the burden I give you I light” Matthew 11:29-30
Although I am a bit disconnected from the news and radio, I
can’t seem to get Haiti off my mind… What has happened is truly overwhelming. I know that the Lord
is grieving for his children right now. He is feeling every father, mother,
son, and daughter’s pain and devastation.
Emily Buffington, and I went on a cruise that stopped in Haiti. Although we
were only seeing the commercialized private island that Royal Caribbean
created, we were able to meet a few locals. In the straw market, we befriended
a guy named Julex, who we talked to for quite awhile. He had such a sweet
spirit about him. He was a Christian, and he told us some of his story. He was
working and going to school to support his family. As I sit today and look at
the pictures of the devastation, I just keep thinking of Julex. Wondering if he
is alive and how he must be grieving for his family, friends, home, and way of
life. My heart is breaking for Haiti right now…
Adventures in Missions is
gearing up to help Haiti in as many ways as possible. Below is an excerpt from
Seth Barnes blog:
God weeps for his children.
He sees the horror they’re experiencing in Haiti and he feels a grief that
human words cannot describe. He sees the woman holding her crushed child and he
feels the sorrow coursing through her being. He wants to hold her in the same
way.
The sovereignty of God is a
mystery that seems at odds with a tragedy of this scale. As humans we struggle
to explain how a good and omnipotent God can allow it.
Worship is the proper
response, not speculation or theology on the cheap. For a Christian leader to
speculate on national television, for example, about the linkage between the
country’s leaders’ pact with the devil centuries ago and this calamity is
irresponsible and grossly insensitive. It’s an anthropomorphic syllogism akin
to Peter asking Jesus for permission to build booths on the Mount of
Transfiguration.
Too often we Americans let
our rational minds spin with speculative and convoluted proof-texting. And I
want to say, “Can we just stop having to explain this God of ours in ways
that bring our tiny minds a shabby and evanescent peace? Can we just let his
response be the one that he took four chapters to give Job* starting with,
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?”
God help us when we go
through our similar tragedy one day, be it through cancer or a car accident. We
will have a choice, to bow at the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil and
ask “Why?” Or, to bow at the tree of Life and worship. Let’s choose
the latter, knowing that our God weeps for his children in Haiti.
*Job 38-41
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I’m sure you
are wondering, “How can I help?” Below are the ways you can be a part…
Financial Support – for food, shelter, medical
supplies etc.
Prayer – Please lift up our ministry
contacts in Haiti, Miguel and Kristen Shaul,
as well as the Haitian people.
Lend a Hand– AIM is
in the process of setting up teams to go out into the field, click here for info
is doing to help, check out more blogs from Seth Barnes
