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“Hope In Disaster”
“God is our refuge and strength a very present help in the time of trouble.” Psalm 46:1
In the last week, most of us have witnessed the devastation that has occurred in Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake with aftershocks of nearly the same proportion have destroyed Haiti’s Capital, Port-au-Prince. It has been estimated that at least 100,000 dead, a half million wounded, and over a million homeless. Thousands of children are roaming the street, newly orphan. The critical needs of food, water, shelter, and medical attention are not reaching the masses of people because of blocked roads and impassible streets.
Yet in this in this sad, difficult, and heart-wrenching calamity, God still provides hope. A hope that sustains us. A hope that strengthens us. A hope that does not fail. A hope that let’s us know that God is still in charge.
A hope found in a small boy found underneath the rubble seven days after the earthquake. A hope found in a woman deep under the rubble of several homes knowing that she would be discovered when most of us would have given up. A hope found in a woman eight days after the earthquake who kept singing praises to God through her entire ordeal and was found because the workers heard her singing. A hope found in a millionaire basketball player’s tears as he wept for his country.
A hope that as the world turns it’s attention to Haiti that some of the long standing issues of injustice that have plagued Haiti and have kept Haiti as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere will now finally be addressed. A hope that is renewed out of rubble that a new Haiti will emerge. Let us pray and work for a Haiti stronger, more prosperous, more democratic, and more fully committed to realizing the full potential of each of its citizens.