RESCUE THE PERISHING -

"Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue, be my rock of
refuge, a strong fortress to save me." Psalm 31:2

Rescue the perishing!

Pastor Charleyne Steinkamp says in her daily devotional that "That is all I could think about for New Orleans these past several days as people were screaming for help and people standing on the roofs wanting to be rescued."

This makes me pray that Americans, a people (who as citizens, not as a government tend to be parochial and very self-focused...intentionally being insular in attitude and not noticing what goes on outside their shores, except when CNN etc. beam bad news into their living space!) will realise, once again (after 9/11), that disaster does not strike just the poor or technologically less-endowed members of humanity!

This is a time for everybody to sincerely remember the tears, pain, sorrow, blood, hunger, disease, and homelesness that's beleaguering the Iraqs, Rwandas, Indonesias, and Nigerias of this world that are also hurting right now...Children of God should unite today in prayers to Yahweh for His redeeming presence to save mankind from itself, and we all need to selflessly give of ourselves and our resources, with Christ-like self-giving love, to every needy citizen of the world TODAY! Let us all join in praying the following words now, with all our hearts:

"Lord,please, rescue the perishing."