The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
We live in a wild, wild world. This past week has been devastating with the government takeover in Afghanistan and the disastrous earthquake in Haiti killing over 2,000 precious lives. I don’t know about you all, but I’m perpetually distraught, disturbed, and disrupted by all the terrible things that have been happening in our world the past few years. The one question that keeps recurring in my mind is, “How can this world be so full of beauty yet so full of violence?”
It reminds me of the sage words of writer Annie Dillard from her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. “We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors of death, beauty, violence... The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making whoopee; we are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or Lazarus.”
The only truth that continually gives me any semblance of encouragement these days in knowing that God is near those who are brokenhearted and crushed in spirit.
Perch.Church will be making a donation toward disaster relief for Haiti. We encourage you to do the same through a trusted charity like Compassion Int’l, UNICEF, or Mission of Hope.
