Most people know by now. The Washington Post has a slide show which displays the suffering. We need to help Haiti recover from this crisis and then continue the permanent international effort to reconstruct Haiti. I cannot imagine the Spirit of God inviting us to any other course of action.
As for Pat Robertson's comments that Haiti made a pact with the devil and thus the whole nation is being punished, I have to say that quite definitively, from my experience God does not punish people. We punish ourselves by refusing his grace and his grace is constantly being offered. His grace moves us to live in the present moment, to find him in our authentic desires to help the vulnerable, and to forgive and ignore the misguided statements of others.
Pat Robertson's statements need to be examined simply because the man has so much power. Quite simply, there is no merit to what the man is saying. I cannot imagine that the Spirit of God would have motivated a statement like that, in any way. Do other believers accept what the Reverend Robertson is saying?
The Washington Post continues the coverage.
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