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Benevolence

By Patti Gibbons on February 14 2010

After being on the ground in Haiti for just 24 hours, one thing is clear. Jesus is the one caring for the people.
 
The news seems to focus on what America and other countries are doing for the people. And while I don't want to devalue that, I do want to focus your heart on one reality: Jesus is the one who cares for the people.
 
He meets their needs, he awakens them, he provides for them, he loves them. He was here before the earthquake, he was in the midst of the great quake, he was with the running as the buildings collapsed— comforting the hurting and even deciding whom to take. He was there when the lost, hungry, thirsty, and homeless went to look for what they needed.
 
He moved masses of people in foreign lands, worldwide, to give, to help…
 
But this is so clear — Jesus will be here long after the UN peacekeepers leave. He will be here when US Aid rolls up their tents and moves on. He will be here when the celebrities go home.
 
The truth is that Jesus is more generous than you or I. He is the real peace keeper, he takes care of the sparrow and he will house these people, and He is the famous one making a difference in the lives of so many.
 
Today I met people sustained on nothing more than Jesus. I met a young man who is all alone with no place to go every night. I met a mother who will lay her two little children down to sleep on a piece of cardboard in a field with nothing more than a tarp over her head. I met an elderly woman who is not able to work, or even strong enough to carry food and water from the distribution points to her tent. I met a grandmother who mourns the loss of her daughter while caring for her grandchildren in a tent city.
 
And all of these people are sustained on little more than the knowledge that Jesus will take care of them. It's a lot for me to  process.
 
How will we support what God is doing?
 
— Adam McLane

 

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From Melinda Nelson on February 23, 2010

“Today I met people sustained on nothing more than Jesus. I met a young man who is all alone with no place to go every night. I met a mother who will lay her two little children down to sleep on a piece of cardboard in a field with nothing more than a tarp over her head. I met an elderly woman who is not able to work, or even strong enough to carry food and water from the distribution points to her tent. I met a grandmother who mourns the loss of her daughter while caring for her grandchildren in a tent city.
And all of these people are sustained on little more than the knowledge that Jesus will take care of them.”

That was a powerful synopsis.  Thanks for writing it.  Hope to see you in Haiti again.  I plan on returning in a couple weeks.

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