Thursday, May 08, 2008
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DISASTER IN MYANMAR
As some of you may have heard in the news, Cyclone Nargis ravaged the country of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). It is hard to get a good estimate of the destruction or deaths from this disaster. But, some estimate the death toll will rise to 100,000 people. If they were not killed by the Cyclone, they could be killed by disease, lack of water/food, etc. The images are hauntingly similar to what we saw after the Tsunami hit in South and Southeast Asia in 2004 or Hurricane Katrina hitting in New Orleans in 2005. The biggest block is the military government of Myanmar. They are not allowing many relief groups in, but they really need to. If you feel compelled or moved to donate, below are links to several groups taking donations to fund relief for the people of Myanmar.
http://community.ob.org/site/PageServer
Remember and mediate on these verses:
For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ Deuteronomy 15:11
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. II Corinthians 9:6-12
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? James 2:15-16
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' Matthew 25:35
More planned to come…
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