"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes." Ephesians 6:10-11
I’m having to wear a mask to the grocery store and look at arrows on the floor to be sure I’m going with the flow. The BiG Ten cancelled all Fall sports. The stock market dropped a boat load of points recently. It seems like all our law makers do is cast blame on each other and don’t want to accomplish anything helpful to us who elected them; but pile on more debt for my grandkids. Do you suppose that these small children from Cap Haitian with and without masks on their faces could walk into our Capitol and stand up and yell at the top of their voices “STOP THIS MADNESS”? What would they accomplish?
Sadly, there are people in our world that will read the words of the Apostle Paul in Ephesians and imagine that God is telling ‘them’ to be strong and trust in their own wisdom and strength; after all, they are in control of their destiny. Our Triune God has not instructed this world to be strong in ourselves or in our resources.
These young children from Cap Haitian began attending their school on Monday. IF they were in our Capitol building they would probably get some attention, but not because of their leadership qualities, but rather because of the oddity that they would bring. Our Lord is telling us in Ephesians to be strong in the Lord. Do not put your trust in worldly wisdom, wealth or strength, turn back to Him who created you and blessed you with the possessions that you have and need.
These young children are in school on the very first day and that is amazing as usually the parents don’t send their kids until the end of the week as they have been told by vodou rumor mills that school is closed. It is truly very amazing with the pandemic this year; they surely must have had doubts. Some have masks and some don’t and one little girl lowered hers. Their social distancing by Haitian standards is quite impressive as the children quite often appear to be sitting on each other. They are here in this Cap Haitian Lutheran School to restart their education, grow closer to Jesus and to be fed. In this photo are 12 children and one teacher. Their lunch cost a donor $3.25 and their witness can bring Eternal Life to a lost soul.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay