We have a blessed life here in America, we really do. Watching news show 60 Minutes’s Anderson Cooper’s latest interview featuring one Haiti orphanage – quite the oasis of an orphanage, helped by a generous author Mitch Albom and his wife, in the most violent and seemingly neglected country – wow just wow. WOW!
Violence and gang warfare, poverty and crumbled earthquake devastated cities – orphans abandoned or even given in hope for their better life – yeah gives me pretty much nothing to complain about. And to see their resilience gives me something to stand up more straight myself and not complain. To see their HOPE is hopeful – and their abilities blossomed – INSPIRATIONAL!
And it’s hard to comprehend how to help these folks personally, yet the host family certainly applies much money and security. Prayer and patience and place. Yet it’s so impossible to realize a place in that much violence – especially a short distance from mainland USA, where the money flows… It is hard to imagine the poor get poorer and the rich get richer – but it has happened since forever ago…
What struck me was both the faith of the people and the gratefulness of the children, these are blessed hope in the oasis of love and care. They do trust in the Lord and are taught that prayer changes everything – which is what we must believe too – we must have a trust in the Lord that He hears our prayers – and we must have a hope in our abilities – both physical and mental – and also a hope spiritually that we realize the blessings we already have.
Well, I highly recommend the watching of the 15 minute news article at the youtube link. Mitch Albom’s Haiti orphanage in the gang-controlled capital has sheltered children from violence for years – CBS News
AND I highly recommend both today’s Jesus Calling and Jesus Always devotions for today – it is all about the TRUST – which brings the HOPE.
We are to have a hope in our abilities to make a difference – for ourselves and for others. And we are to have a TRUST in the Lord.
AMEN
Jesus Calling: March 18 – by Sarah Young – paraphrasing scripture as if Jesus is speaking:
Trust Me one day at a time. This keeps you close to Me, responsive to My will. Trust is not a natural response, especially for those who have been deeply wounded. My Spirit within you is your resident Tutor, helping you in this supernatural endeavor. Yield to His gentle touch; be sensitive to His prompting. Exert your will to trust Me in all circumstances. Don’t let your need to understand distract you from My Presence. I will equip you to get through this day victoriously, as you live in deep dependence on Me. Tomorrow is busy worrying about itself; don’t get tangled up in its worry-webs. Trust Me one day at a time.
RELATED SCRIPTURE:
Psalm 84:12 (NLT) – O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, what joy for those who trust in you.
1 Corinthians 6:19 – Do you not know that your body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.
Jeremiah 17:7 – “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord.”
Matthew 6:34 (NLT) – “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Debbie Upper 