Haiti

I do not personally know anyone in Haiti. I have never been there. I do not even have plans to go at this point. But I can not stop crying for them. Oh, I have cried for them before. When I see pictures of the poverty, the children alone and hungry, I can not help but cry. But my life goes on, and though I remember them in my prayers at times, sadly, I can't say that I think of the people in Haiti on a daily basis. However, today I am reminded that there is suffering in Haiti beyond my ability to feel or understand. Today I am thinking especially about the children. How fearful and hungry and alone they must feel, not to mention the physical pain. There is a ministry in Haiti called Mercy & Sharing that has been on my heart since I heard of it about 9 or so months ago. They have orphanages that house hundreds of children. They help educate, feed, give medical care, and give hope to orphans who have been abandoned and forgotten. They teach them about the only true life giver, Jesus Christ. I am pleading to the LORD on their behalf. The verse came to my mind, "Why should the nations say,'Where is their God?'" Psalm 79:10a Asaph was speaking of Israel, and I pray the same thing for the people involved in this ministry. Why should they say, 'Where are you, the one,true God?'. May God have mercy on them and continue to allow them to share the hope of Jesus to a people who are in darkness and poverty, and now also have devastation from this earthquake. And may God protect the children.