“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10
While driving through the Internet recently, I saw a news message with a photo of a sign along the road next to a Church in the countryside that read “Hope is real.” I’ve been thinking about that message off and on as I have been going through these many photos of Haitian school children. For way too many people in this world, hope is seemingly not real.
Things of the world in Haiti the past year might cause an unbeliever to doubt about ‘hope’ in their country. The pandemic, the earthquake on Monday, the assassination of their president, attempted assassination of their P.M., gangs kidnapping anyone, local or foreign, they deem as having money and gangs causing shortages in many things families need to survive.
The dictionary defines Hopelessness this way; ‘someone who is hopeless is usually alone and cannot help themselves out of their dire situations. They have a great sense of loss and helplessness.’ Christians must come alongside and bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the lost and hopeless, and share all that our Savior has to offer them.
This young girl from Cap Haitian has Hope. She is baptized, attends the Lutheran school there and eats a Trinity HOPE lunch every day. She wears a bracelet on her wrist that tells the story of our Triune God. She is and will always be a messenger for our risen Savior in a land where hopelessness abounds. Please keep our children in your prayers, along with their parents, teachers, pastors and Trinity HOPE supporters like yourself who continue to prepare His children to accomplish the Great Commission.
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