This has been a stressful week for many in our area. On Monday we said good-bye to a member of Beulah UMC who died unexpectedly last week. Early Tuesday morning we learned of a tragic house fire which claimed the life of a Lawrence County woman and three of her nine children. Then late Tuesday evening the horrific reports and images from Haiti began filling the newscasts. Now we continue to sit helplessly as we watch relief workers trying to help alleviate the suffering of the living. Our week concludes with the visitation and funerals of the four members of the family killed on Monday night. Someone who isn’t in relationship with Jesus Christ might have a hard time explaining the events of the week…actually I have a hard time explaining these events! But what I can do is see hope. During this time of pain and suffering, let us claim and take comfort in the promise of Psalm 46:1: "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in time of trouble." The key to understanding that verse, I think, is that God is always ready to help, but we must ask for help. God will not force us to be helped; still we have access to the Power that created the heavens and the earth. What greater hope is there than that?
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