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Haitians Face Adversity with Faith
One of the basic tenets of this site is finding the beautiful side of life and presenting it for the appreciation of all – whether it be music, art, literature, film, architecture or just a thought. But where does one look to find the beauty in what happened in Haiti? Where is there anything but death, devastation, destruction and ruin?
Where is the beauty in an impoverished island/nation ripped from it’s already ragged moorings and thrashed about willy-nilly? Where indeed, but in the noble, still undaunted hearts and spirits of a people who introduced the concept of freedom to the Caribbean. When all of the world would justifiably understand if they took the advice of the friends of the prophet Job who told him to “curse God and die”, but the Haitian community stands resolute and its faith and absolve to move forward. Who can not be touched by this beauty of spirit and, despite what Pat Robertson or anyone else may say to the contrary, these people did not make a bargain with the devil; they made a covenant with God to show the rest of us what true dignity in the face of adversity looks like. They took on an overwhelming burden for our instruction, let’s not let their suffering be in vain.
Just wondering if Pat Robertson would have said that Jesus must have made some pact with the devil that he was paying for when he suffered and died?
Date Submitted: 1/18/2010 6:23 AM
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PostedBy: stanley
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