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During my time in Haiti I learned a lot about what things look like. Faith, hope, agape love, and the antonyms of these words have very concise definitions in Haiti. Faith without works is dead proclaims James in his self titled book and through ones works you can see their faith. Paul tells us in Romans that hope seen is not hope. Who hopes for what they already have. Yet we can see ones hope by their actions as in their acts of faith. I experienced what it means to confess your hope and stand on your faith. I saw what it means to do something for another without expecting anything back just because you love them even when you don’t know them! Especially when you don’t know them. Our world is framed by blurred lines of freedoms definition. The lack of Faith, Hope, and Love in our American culture is padded by our comforts and affluence. In a country where life, much less freedom, is not a given you can see with your naked eye the influence of Jehovah Jira in complete strangers. In a place where you have to rely on God for your next meal, clean water to drink and clothing you can tell the ones who seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness first. I would have to say the one thing I learned the most was the difference between a culture that needs God and a culture that wants God. My question for my brothers and sisters is this, in a culture that doesn’t need God to survive how do we put ourselves into positions where we need Him? What acts are we doing that will end in utter failure if God doesn’t come through? Are we walking a tightrope with no safety net and only Jesus to balance us? The people of Haiti have no choice but to live this way. We have a choice. We must choose to need Him not just want Him.
Snowfloater
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