Calm in the mist of Calamity

Here I sit. In my God-given dream house, with my lovely family, good food, wonderful summer... I sit in my air conditioned home, on a comfy couch, listening to my child play ...all while I read the terror going on around the world.

Complete terror.

Pictures so horrifying I can only read bits of the articles to go with them.

I started praying. God is the only one who can stop those who are doing this unthinkable evil. God is the only place to turn when you are half-a-globe away and can do next to nothing to help.

I was grateful for this post. It spoke directly to me, "Don't feel guilty. Guilt isn't going to get you anywhere. Feel the URGENT NEED of prayer."

What an amazing gift God gave us to be able to pray to Him about people I have never met. To pray against The Evil One and these evil leaders on earth.

I started reading Psalms 10 aloud as my prayer:

Psalm 10[a]

1 Why, Lord, do you stand far off?
    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
5 His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by[b] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”

7 His mouth is full of lies and threats;
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.
8 He lies in wait near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
9     like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
10 His victims are crushed, they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;
    he covers his face and never sees.”

12 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?
14 But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;
    you are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;
    the nations will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed,
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.

(Taken from Biblegateway.com)

I still ache for those in turmoil and I still tear up every time I see another picture,

but now I feel calm in the mist of this calamity.       

Will you set aside your guilt?

Will you take time out of your day to pray for those who desperately need it?

God hears. God sees.

and God ACTS.