Haiti and God

There was an interesting discussion going on in the news in 2010 when an earthquake hit Haiti and claimed nearly 300,000 lives. People were responding to commentaries saying in essence that what happened in Haiti was the wrath of God or God’s punishment to the Haitian people, for the voodoo or other sins they have committed.

I would like to weigh in here briefly and say that I agree with what others have said in these discussions about what the Bible tells us, that “God is love.” That’s it! God does not cause or allow catastrophe or pain or destruction. God causes only good. God is like a mother loving her children, no matter what they do. God loves each one of us even more than this mother we can picture, and is always caring for each one of us and comforting us and protecting us and holding us in the palm of His hand. God delivers us from evil. He/She doesn’t send evil or even know of evil. Jesus showed us that, with his conquering of evil in all forms, i.e. sin, disease and death, at every turn. He also said, the devil or evil is a “liar and the father of it.” Because of that Truth and Love conquer it.

To bring it to a micro personal level, in my own experience whenever I’ve had pain or suffering of any sort I’ve always felt, and proved in many cases, that God, Love was right there to help me out of this suffering. Even if the suffering was from an accident that I had no control over, my suffering from that accident I’ve found can be eliminated as soon as I turn to God.

This happened to me in a serious car accident, where there was a fatality and serious injuries to myself and others. I turned to God instantly, before I was knocked unconscious. I had serious injuries, but when I became conscious and kept my thought on God’s presence and love for me and all, I experience no pain, was kept from going into shock and was soon taken care of by help that came. God never leads us into temptation or suffering or allows it. God destroys it by His or Her very presence and power.

We are all needing to wake up to this presence and power more and more and that is our deliverance, whether individuals or nations.

This experience will not leave Haiti where it found it. The Haitian people and nation will be better off in the end for this because of God’s love. God’s love is there and can be tangibly seen through all the love that is pouring into that nation by people and other nations. It can be seen by the good that is being done and by lives that are saved.

It will be better for the Haitian people, and the love and good that comes constantly from God will be seen the victor over evil. All and more will be restored to this people and nation.

Even those that have died, still live, and God or Love is taking care of them even though we can’t see them. Life is eternal. Jesus showed us that by raising himself and others from the dead. Those who have lost everything and are mourning will be restored and comforted. That is what Jesus promised (see Matt 5:4) and proved when he was on earth showing us about God.

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