Comments on: From Dan On Haiti: To Our Community

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:30:48 +0000

My friend Kerry is currently in Haiti with a group from Bethel Church, Redding California. I pray protection for her and the team. I am grateful that some have the opportunity to show worship in physical giving on the ground, meeting spiritual needs and physical. Sharing in God’s creation but providing rescue of a different kind.

For those of us who cannot go (or is it choose not to?), I will worship in giving of my finance, time and prayer to support and lift up the people of Haiti, to pray for those who cannot pray, to feel their pain and share in the joy of survival and thanksgiving. But that I will do this, from a genuine heart of thanksgiving and pure praise to God.

By: Haiti

Haiti — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:07:59 +0000

[...] Today, “my heart is half a world away, with friends who are aggressively working to respond to the crisis in Haiti. I don’t know all those friends by name; I do know that I am thankful for their feet going in my stead, ambling through airports and stepping into rubble.” – Dan Wilt [...]

By: Dan Wilt

Dan Wilt — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:28:38 +0000

Thanks for these contributions friends.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:47:11 +0000

Good word, Dan. It is truly the Spirit of God in you that can speak straight into the heart of all who grieve with Haiti and give comfort in the midst of our grief for them.

By: Ryan Flanigan

Ryan Flanigan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:37:53 +0000

Thank you for your thoughts, Dan. I am reminded of God’s definition of true worship in Isaiah 58. Verse 12 is particularly moving in light of all we’ve seen in Haiti.

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?

7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.

11 And the Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.

12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to dwell in.

By: Dan Wilt

Dan Wilt — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:26:56 +0000

And you. You are one of those who has spent much time in Haiti, holding babies with aids, listening to others wrestle with the poverty, and being a HopeGiver and LifeAwaker wherever you went.

My cousin spent years there doing aid work, and we have a group there we’ve been supporting and praying for with our kids over the course of years.

Thank you, Tina. We pray together for them.

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:16:37 +0000

thanks buddy … it’s a joy to partner with you. t