Les at the Haiti Orphan Project posted this request today to pray for Haiti as Tropical Storm Tomas turns north and looks to be heading straight at Haiti. Many, many Haitians are still without shelter, living in tent cities since last January's earthquake. Of course the cholera epidemic is still going on and the flooding that comes from this storm will make that worse.
I have prayed boldly, even presumptuously, for God to spare Haiti this devastation but I also recognize His sovereign will and prayed this morning that if He chooses to not spare Haiti the devastation of Hurricane Tomas that He would cause His people to stir up and be filled with compassion for those who are facing a hurricane with no shelter, those who are already terrified of cholera, the orphans who don’t have a parent to tell them it will be OK. The need of people both within and outside of our borders is incredible and there is no excuse, none, for a follower of Christ to see the suffering of others as a reason to change the channel on their TV set.
Our God, stir up your people. Stir us up that we cannot be content to see the tragic need around the world as something for someone else to worry about. Make the luxuries we take for granted a condemnation to us instead of a comfort. Cause the excuses we so easily give for ignoring the needs of others bitter in our mouths. Give your people no rest when there is so much that even those of us of modest means could aid. Like your Son, may your people be moved to mercy and pity.
I have prayed boldly, even presumptuously, for God to spare Haiti this devastation but I also recognize His sovereign will and prayed this morning that if He chooses to not spare Haiti the devastation of Hurricane Tomas that He would cause His people to stir up and be filled with compassion for those who are facing a hurricane with no shelter, those who are already terrified of cholera, the orphans who don’t have a parent to tell them it will be OK. The need of people both within and outside of our borders is incredible and there is no excuse, none, for a follower of Christ to see the suffering of others as a reason to change the channel on their TV set.
Our God, stir up your people. Stir us up that we cannot be content to see the tragic need around the world as something for someone else to worry about. Make the luxuries we take for granted a condemnation to us instead of a comfort. Cause the excuses we so easily give for ignoring the needs of others bitter in our mouths. Give your people no rest when there is so much that even those of us of modest means could aid. Like your Son, may your people be moved to mercy and pity.
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