Comments on: Pakistan http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790 Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Heather A http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6187 Heather A Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:51:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6187 Slippery, thanks so much for your prayers. Laura is feeling much better and should be dismissed from the hospital tomorrow. She ended up not needing surgery. Thanks again for your prayers, and I am keeping your family in my prayers too. Slippery, thanks so much for your prayers. Laura is feeling much better and should be dismissed from the hospital tomorrow. She ended up not needing surgery. Thanks again for your prayers, and I am keeping your family in my prayers too.

]]> By: slipperycatsanddogs http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6186 slipperycatsanddogs Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:14:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6186 Heather, I prayed for your friend Laura. May God watch over her. Heather, I prayed for your friend Laura. May God watch over her.

]]> By: Heather A http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6185 Heather A Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:09:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6185 Sorry, this has nothing to do with the earthquake, but I need to use this blog to solicit prayers again. My roommate Laura was taken in to the hospital today for what the doctors think might be appendix trouble. She had a CT scan tonight, but they won't read it until the morning. If something is wrong with her appendix, they will probably do surgery in the morning. Anyway, please pray for her and her healing. Thank you! Heather Alkire Sorry, this has nothing to do with the earthquake, but I need to use this blog to solicit prayers again. My roommate Laura was taken in to the hospital today for what the doctors think might be appendix trouble. She had a CT scan tonight, but they won’t read it until the morning. If something is wrong with her appendix, they will probably do surgery in the morning. Anyway, please pray for her and her healing. Thank you!

Heather Alkire

]]> By: Shanta http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6184 Shanta Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6184 Mike- I love that this post was short, sweet and to the point. Good preacher! We metroplexers await with giddy anticipation ACU Homecoming this weekend and reveling in sweet drops of truth at Highland on Sunday morning. Mike- I love that this post was short, sweet and to the point. Good preacher! We metroplexers await with giddy anticipation ACU Homecoming this weekend and reveling in sweet drops of truth at Highland on Sunday morning.

]]> By: Kathy http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6183 Kathy Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:54:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6183 As a survivor of the killer quakes in Mexico City, 9/19,20/1985 - been there, done that, unfortunately, so empathize completely with the survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan/Afghanistan/India. my heart breaks for them. The aftermath emotions are so complex and difficult to describe. The rest of the world is in better contact with what's going on there than they probably are. All communication is cut off - no phones, nothing can function after a killer quake of this magnitude. You end up feeling as though the rest of the world ceased to exist and you're sitting in the middle of rubble, wondering who else of your loved ones are gone. There's disorientation, including that caused by landmarks imploded out of existence by the quakes. Food, water, medical assistance, jobs, all the pieces that hold daily lives together are gone. It will be years before the emotional trauma heals. So please, pray for their emotional and spiritual health, as well as for the recovery of more survivors trapped below the rubble. The memory of that morning in 1985 still causes nerves to tremble and panic set in. There simply is NO way to explain the total effect of such a tragedy on those that survive. As a survivor of the killer quakes in Mexico City, 9/19,20/1985 - been there, done that, unfortunately, so empathize completely with the survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan/Afghanistan/India. my heart breaks for them. The aftermath emotions are so complex and difficult to describe.

The rest of the world is in better contact with what’s going on there than they probably are. All communication is cut off - no phones, nothing can function after a killer quake of this magnitude. You end up feeling as though the rest of the world ceased to exist and you’re sitting in the middle of rubble, wondering who else of your loved ones are gone. There’s disorientation, including that caused by landmarks imploded out of existence by the quakes. Food, water, medical assistance, jobs, all the pieces that hold daily lives together are gone.

It will be years before the emotional trauma heals. So please, pray for their emotional and spiritual health, as well as for the recovery of more survivors trapped below the rubble.

The memory of that morning in 1985 still causes nerves to tremble and panic set in. There simply is NO way to explain the total effect of such a tragedy on those that survive.

]]> By: Fred Peatross http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6182 Fred Peatross Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:57:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6182 The online<a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow"> Wikipedia</A> (the Free Encyclopedia) has listed your blog as a blog of note and New Wineskins Magazines is listed as one of the Church of Christ online magazines. When a vistor goes to Wikipedia and does a search under Church of Christ they will discovery our heritage's history as well as your input to the future of our heritage. Check it out. <a HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_christ" rel="nofollow">[...link]</A> The online Wikipedia (the Free Encyclopedia) has listed your blog as a blog of note and New Wineskins Magazines is listed as one of the Church of Christ online magazines. When a vistor goes to Wikipedia and does a search under Church of Christ they will discovery our heritage’s history as well as your input to the future of our heritage. Check it out. [...link]

]]> By: Stonebridge http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6181 Stonebridge Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6181 "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way that they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?" “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way that they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?”

]]> By: Joel Maners http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6180 Joel Maners Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6180 Mike, I know that Thodicy is a touchy subject but with all the natural disasters that have happened this past year it is a subject that must be discussed. The world is wondering if these tragedies have meaning and they are looking for answers from the religious community. What do we have to offer a hurting world? Do we have any answers to the question of why? Joel Mike,

I know that Thodicy is a touchy subject but with all the natural disasters that have happened this past year it is a subject that must be discussed. The world is wondering if these tragedies have meaning and they are looking for answers from the religious community. What do we have to offer a hurting world? Do we have any answers to the question of why?

Joel

]]> By: Clint http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6179 Clint Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6179 When someone we love suffers then we suffer. One way to suffer with those who suffer is to love them; the way to love others is to spend time with them. The hard part is learning what true love is. We may not be able to spend time with people half way around the world but there are plenty of people in our community whose world has been rocked. By loving our neighbor the world will know love. We could all learn from Henri Nouwen. When someone we love suffers then we suffer. One way to suffer with those who suffer is to love them; the way to love others is to spend time with them. The hard part is learning what true love is. We may not be able to spend time with people half way around the world but there are plenty of people in our community whose world has been rocked. By loving our neighbor the world will know love. We could all learn from Henri Nouwen.

]]> By: Joel Quile http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6178 Joel Quile Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6178 Mike, Lately I find myself praying that I would suffer a little more. Not that I would experience a natural disaster but that I would care more for those that have. I agree with you that it is hard to watch and so, sadly, I often don't. I want God to have the pain of those who have fallen into the earth to fall into my heart. I want to suffer with those who suffer. It is so easy to change the channel. I know that we all have our own trials but it just seems like we are spared. Mike,
Lately I find myself praying that I would suffer a little more. Not that I would experience a natural disaster but that I would care more for those that have. I agree with you that it is hard to watch and so, sadly, I often don’t. I want God to have the pain of those who have fallen into the earth to fall into my heart. I want to suffer with those who suffer. It is so easy to change the channel. I know that we all have our own trials but it just seems like we are spared.

]]> By: Serena Voss http://preachermike.com/2005/10/12/112911278621221790#comment-6177 Serena Voss Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=609#comment-6177 Has anyone heard from Linda Egle? I know that parts of India were affected and she had left on a trip for India just a few days ago. Has anyone heard from Linda Egle? I know that parts of India were affected and she had left on a trip for India just a few days ago.

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