Good morning Lord Jesus, break my heart today for that which breaks your heart.
“I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage - I have conquered the world.” (John 16:33)
I watched the updates from the earthquake in Morocco with now over 3,000 dead and 6,000 injured and that number will rise Many of the cities and villages destroyed were in remote mountain regions that are extremely difficult to reach. My heart breaks for those living their in near poverty have lost family member and everything they own. A man trapped in the rubble of his home that was rescued tells how he heard his father and sister trapped in the rubble somewhere near him screaming in pain for hours until they died. The Winter rains are coming which will turn these areas to mud, and people there have no place to live.
Then comes the updates from the flooding in Libya caused by sever storms that caused two dams to burst with the count now of 6,000 dead and that number could rise to over 20,000. And tens of thousands more injured and now homeless. The dams broke around 3:00am in the morning while people were sleeping and washed away entire families. The dead in body bags lay open along the streets, mass graves are being dug for the dead, and they are running out of body bags.
And I mourn for them, my heart brakes for them, I pray for them and ask how can I help them? And as I pray I am reminded that these great tragedies are only a part of the ssever suffering of people taking place as I write this devotion: Those still suffering in Turkey from recent earthquakes; The Soviet invasion into Ukraine and the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians suffering. Civil wars in Darfur Sudan and many other African countries causing more suffering, starvation, gang rapes, and horrific conditions who live there; and the list of impoverished people suffering in countries caused terror, violence and war seems endless: Haiti, Lebanon, Pakistan, …..ect.
And all I can speak as I pray from the comfort of my recliner is Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy.
My family, God has a global view of suffering and salvation, “God so loved the world…” I pray you will Join me in prayer today for those in Morocco, Libya, and our brothers and sisters, around the world living in impoverished, horrific condition with little or no hope. Pray for the end of violence and peace, generosity and the sharing of resources with those in need, pray for repentance, restoration and renewal in the world, in Jesus name. I end every devotion with “God bless you my friends”. I pray this over my brothers and sisters across the world.
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