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During a crisis like this, one can only do so much. But in what we can do, the most important thing is that we actually DO. Please continue to keep Haiti in prayer. Also, give to organizations that has a lot of people on the ground in Haiti. Talking about Haiti and the people impacted by the devastation doesn't actually do anything for them. Here are some helpful links to get plugged into doing something for Haiti and its people:
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woe to those who attempt to outrun their addictions: will we slow down and seek help? Addictions simply can’t be outrun. They will not be silenced by noise, exhausted by activity, or intimidated by sacrifice.
Now IS better than later. Later may be a little too late…for you, for those you love, and for your full potential in this generation.
He paid in blood. You may have to pay in tears, postponed dreams, and humiliation.
The fallen would beg you from experience to pay now instead of later.
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Listen to the emotional pain of a divorced single: “I served him for twenty years. I have waited on him hand and foot. I have been his doormat while he ignored me, mistreated me, and humiliated me in front of my friends and family. I don’t hate him. I wish him no ill, but I resent him and I no longer wish to live with him.” That wife has performed acts of service for twenty years, but they have not been expressions of love. They were done out of fear, guilt, and resentment. A doormat is an inanimate object. You can wipe your feet on it, step on it, kick it around, or do whatever you like with it. It has no will of its own. It can be your servant, but not your lover. When you treat another person as an object, you preclude the possibility of love. Manipulation by guilt (“If you loved me, you would do this for me”) is not the language of love. Coercion by fear (“You will do this or you will be sorry”) has no place in love.
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