All week I have watched news coverage of Haiti and seen the pictures, but it was only on Saturday morning when I heard a radio report from  Matthew Price that I felt truly moved. The reason for that was that he told a story of one person's experience and it suddenly seemed real, suddenly I found myself thinking supposing that was me.

 

Sometimes I think the scale of these disasters is so huge we cannot take it in, and so we tend to gloss over it, but one human story which we connect with is harder to ignore. Jesus knew the power of this when he told his parables, simple stories about people that would strike a chord with his audience.

 

I think we need reminding sometimes, that behind the stories of aid arriving,the politicians promises and  the pictures of devastation, are real lives torn apart , real people just like us in so many ways and it is good to be reminded of that as we offer up our prayers.

"Listen Lord to my prayer;
Hear my cries for help.
I call to you in times of trouble,
because you answer my prayers"
Psalm 86 vs 6-7

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