In one week, on June 15th I have a ticket to go to Poland… and from Poland the plan is to get to Ukraine
I don’t have all things figured out, and there are still many unanswered questions… but I simply know I need to go to Ukraine.
And my heart has been burning to go…
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When we arrived to Poland early spring of 2022, the man who picked us up from the airport and drove was a Ukrainian refugee himself. He and his family had to flee Ukraine, and he showed us pictures of his destroyed business- which was bombed.
He also showed us pictures and very disturbing videos of the atrocities that are happening in Ukraine.
He showed us burned buses and burned remains of innocent civilians who where just trying to flee to safety. They died after a bomb hit them. It was painful to watch.
And as I was looking at those videos, I kept praying, “Jesus take the pain and soothe it, because I can’t carry it”. And God is always faithful. He filled my heart with hope and peace.
And then, while we were driving to the house where we were to stay, I wrote this poem:
How do you deal with pain that is so deep? How do you soothe the heart that’s wounded deep? What do you tell a person who’s been hurt And saw dead bodies, arms and legs torn out? What do you tell to those who are in shock Who lost their comfort, homes and income, jobs Who did survive, but now they are in shock They try to numb the pain that’s deep within Do you them hold, and hug and let them cry? How do you comfort and console the pain? It seems that human efforts, they just fail The love of Jesus only can them heal I am reminded, that God -He is Love Father of mercies He is still today God of all comfort also He is still And God of Hope and Peace He also is His Holy Spirit He is now in me Not some of Him, but all of Him in me And I pray that His love through me will flow And comfort those who through such hardships go And I pray that His peace through me they’ll feel Those who with such great pain now must deal And I pray that His light through me will shine So very brightly to those all around What can I do, when I see such great pain? I can let Jesus use my arms and mouth I am His feet, His mouth and His hands Lord use me here, to bring Your healing, life (3/31/2022)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ” 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 NKJV
