“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 to Canton recently, I saw a message on a sign along the road next to a Church in the country that read “Hope is real.” I’ve been thinking about that message off and on this week as I have been going through these photos of Haitian school children. For way too many people in this world, hope is just a word and certainly not real. Events in our world and in Haiti this past year have shaken many people and especially would cause an unbeliever to doubt even more about ‘hope’. The pandemic, financial instability, elections and now political unrest.
Hopelessness; 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, 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