Warning to us all
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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your letter has come to us with great weight, and we have read it with tears. To suffer hunger for days, to have no home, to have empty hands and an empty house after losing a child to hunger, is a sorrow beyond words. We hear your weeping, and we do not take it lightly. God sees you in this valley. He sees your tears, your hunger, and the place where you sleep without a roof.
You have quoted truly from Matthew 24:7, that nation will rise against nation and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. These are the birth pains of which the Lord Jesus spoke. You are right to call us to wake up. This world cannot give lasting peace. Money and power and position cannot save. Only Christ can save, and He alone is our ark in the storm. When all around us shakes, we must run to Him, return to prayer, return to holiness and love, forgive one another and carry one another's burdens while there is time.
Know that you are not alone in sorrow, though your sorrow is very deep. Many have their own griefs at home, one for a child, one for a loss, one for hunger, and we share in each other's sorrows. Your suffering is not a sign that you are forgotten. Even the Apostle Paul suffered hunger and was in famine, and our Lord Himself said the Son of Man had nowhere to lay His head. He knows what it is to hunger, to thirst, to be without a dwelling place, and to be despised. He draws near to those who suffer in this way.
To those among us whom God has blessed with food and a roof, your letter is a holy rebuke and a call to action. What good is it if our tables are full of fine things while Christ Himself, in the person of the hungry brother or sister, perishes with hunger. To make a beautiful table and yet not give a cup of cold water, to furnish a house while giving no covering to the one who is cold, is to offer insult instead of honor. God asks us first to fill the hungry, to clothe the naked, to give the necessary covering. A plate of food, a kind word, a place to rest can save a life. If we are ashamed to beg or afraid to be hungry ourselves, how much more should we spare our brothers and sisters and not expose them to that same dread. We who have more must not live for luxury while others hunger, for surfeiting destroys the body more than hunger, and the health of the soul is found in temperance and mercy.
So we urge you who are suffering like our sister, do not give up. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted. Seek help from the faithful around you, let a local church know where you are and what you need, receive the help that love offers without shame. And we urge all who read this, remember the poor around you. Pray, and then act. Share what you have. Visit, feed, clothe, and comfort.
We are praying for you now. May the Lord have mercy on you, on your family, on all children and on this generation. May He give you daily bread, a safe place to sleep, strength for your body, and comfort for your heart that mourns your child. May He turn our hearts to Him in true repentance, holiness, and love for one another, and keep us faithful until He comes. Christ is still our ark. Let us run to Him together and remain in Him.
You have quoted truly from Matthew 24:7, that nation will rise against nation and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. These are the birth pains of which the Lord Jesus spoke. You are right to call us to wake up. This world cannot give lasting peace. Money and power and position cannot save. Only Christ can save, and He alone is our ark in the storm. When all around us shakes, we must run to Him, return to prayer, return to holiness and love, forgive one another and carry one another's burdens while there is time.
Know that you are not alone in sorrow, though your sorrow is very deep. Many have their own griefs at home, one for a child, one for a loss, one for hunger, and we share in each other's sorrows. Your suffering is not a sign that you are forgotten. Even the Apostle Paul suffered hunger and was in famine, and our Lord Himself said the Son of Man had nowhere to lay His head. He knows what it is to hunger, to thirst, to be without a dwelling place, and to be despised. He draws near to those who suffer in this way.
To those among us whom God has blessed with food and a roof, your letter is a holy rebuke and a call to action. What good is it if our tables are full of fine things while Christ Himself, in the person of the hungry brother or sister, perishes with hunger. To make a beautiful table and yet not give a cup of cold water, to furnish a house while giving no covering to the one who is cold, is to offer insult instead of honor. God asks us first to fill the hungry, to clothe the naked, to give the necessary covering. A plate of food, a kind word, a place to rest can save a life. If we are ashamed to beg or afraid to be hungry ourselves, how much more should we spare our brothers and sisters and not expose them to that same dread. We who have more must not live for luxury while others hunger, for surfeiting destroys the body more than hunger, and the health of the soul is found in temperance and mercy.
So we urge you who are suffering like our sister, do not give up. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted. Seek help from the faithful around you, let a local church know where you are and what you need, receive the help that love offers without shame. And we urge all who read this, remember the poor around you. Pray, and then act. Share what you have. Visit, feed, clothe, and comfort.
We are praying for you now. May the Lord have mercy on you, on your family, on all children and on this generation. May He give you daily bread, a safe place to sleep, strength for your body, and comfort for your heart that mourns your child. May He turn our hearts to Him in true repentance, holiness, and love for one another, and keep us faithful until He comes. Christ is still our ark. Let us run to Him together and remain in Him.
Silas
Beloved of All
Your pain has been heard, and your tears have not been overlooked by the Lord. To lose a child to hunger, to have no home and no food for days, to weep without ceasing, is a grief that is heavier than sand in the balances. There are no words that can measure it, and it is right to weep deeply. God knows the weight of what you carry.
You are right to hear the words of Jesus with fresh seriousness. He said that nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in various places, and that these are the beginning of birth pains. What you have lived in your own body, hunger and loss and shaking, is what He warned would come upon this world. These things are not without meaning. They are warnings that this world cannot give lasting peace, and that we must be awake, watching, and ready for His coming. Money and position and power cannot save. Only Christ can.
Scripture also shows that God has not forgotten His people in famine. In the days of Joseph, God revealed that seven years of abundance would be followed by seven years of severe famine, so severe that the abundance would be forgotten. Yet God had already prepared a provision. He raised up Joseph and opened storehouses so that in all the land of Egypt there was bread when the famine was over all the face of the earth, and people from other lands came to find grain. The Lord has said that in famine He can redeem from death, and that He makes sore and He binds up. He does not delight in your suffering, and His correction is not cruelty but the love of a Father who sees His children and does not leave them. He is able to provide bread in the very place of famine, and He calls His people to be part of that provision as they share what they have.
The Lord also knows in a very personal way what it is to lose a child and to have no place to lay your head. When David prayed and fasted for his young child who was very sick, and the child died, he said that he could not bring the child back again, but he would go to be where the child is. There is a hope beyond this loss for those who belong to the Lord, that death is not the end and that those who are in Christ will be reunited in His presence. Mary also knew a sword piercing her own soul. It was spoken over her when Jesus was an infant, that this child was set for the fall and rising of many and for a sign that would be spoken against, and that sorrow would one day pierce her as she watched her Son suffer. And Jesus Himself, though He is Lord over all, was born as a helpless child and laid in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn. He entered this world without a home, in poverty and weakness, so that no one who is homeless or hungry is a stranger to Him. He understands empty hands and an empty house.
Jesus taught that we must become like a little child to enter the kingdom, humble and trusting, and He said that whoever receives one such little child in His name receives Him. He warned us not to despise one of these little ones. Your child was not unseen. Every child is precious in His sight, and to harm or neglect a child is a grave evil before Him. He sees the child who suffers from hunger and the mother who has nothing to give, and He hears that cry. There are accounts of a child who had swallowed poison and burned within, whose stomach would convulse with pain at food, so that hunger itself became torment, and who was healed as prayer was offered. God still hears prayer for children, and He still has power to heal and to comfort, even when we do not understand His ways.
So do not give up. God sees you in the street, He sees you hungry, and He sees your tears. Run to Christ as your ark in this storm. He is still the refuge when the waters rise. Please, for the sake of the life God has given you, seek food and shelter today. Go to those near you who love the Lord and tell them plainly that you have not eaten and have no home. Let them carry your burden with you. If you are weak, ask someone to go with you to find help. Your life is precious, and to care for your body with food and rest is not a lack of faith but a trust that God provides through His people.
And to all who read your warning, let this be a call to wake up, to return to prayer, to holiness, and to love. Let us forgive one another, and let those who have food and a roof remember the poor around them. A plate of food and a kind word can save a life, and to receive a child or a suffering brother or sister in Jesus name is to receive Him.
May the Lord have mercy on you, on your family, and on this generation. May He give you daily bread, a place of safety, and peace that this world cannot give. May He comfort you in this deep valley, bind up what has been torn, and keep you close to Christ until the storm is past.
You are right to hear the words of Jesus with fresh seriousness. He said that nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in various places, and that these are the beginning of birth pains. What you have lived in your own body, hunger and loss and shaking, is what He warned would come upon this world. These things are not without meaning. They are warnings that this world cannot give lasting peace, and that we must be awake, watching, and ready for His coming. Money and position and power cannot save. Only Christ can.
Scripture also shows that God has not forgotten His people in famine. In the days of Joseph, God revealed that seven years of abundance would be followed by seven years of severe famine, so severe that the abundance would be forgotten. Yet God had already prepared a provision. He raised up Joseph and opened storehouses so that in all the land of Egypt there was bread when the famine was over all the face of the earth, and people from other lands came to find grain. The Lord has said that in famine He can redeem from death, and that He makes sore and He binds up. He does not delight in your suffering, and His correction is not cruelty but the love of a Father who sees His children and does not leave them. He is able to provide bread in the very place of famine, and He calls His people to be part of that provision as they share what they have.
The Lord also knows in a very personal way what it is to lose a child and to have no place to lay your head. When David prayed and fasted for his young child who was very sick, and the child died, he said that he could not bring the child back again, but he would go to be where the child is. There is a hope beyond this loss for those who belong to the Lord, that death is not the end and that those who are in Christ will be reunited in His presence. Mary also knew a sword piercing her own soul. It was spoken over her when Jesus was an infant, that this child was set for the fall and rising of many and for a sign that would be spoken against, and that sorrow would one day pierce her as she watched her Son suffer. And Jesus Himself, though He is Lord over all, was born as a helpless child and laid in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn. He entered this world without a home, in poverty and weakness, so that no one who is homeless or hungry is a stranger to Him. He understands empty hands and an empty house.
Jesus taught that we must become like a little child to enter the kingdom, humble and trusting, and He said that whoever receives one such little child in His name receives Him. He warned us not to despise one of these little ones. Your child was not unseen. Every child is precious in His sight, and to harm or neglect a child is a grave evil before Him. He sees the child who suffers from hunger and the mother who has nothing to give, and He hears that cry. There are accounts of a child who had swallowed poison and burned within, whose stomach would convulse with pain at food, so that hunger itself became torment, and who was healed as prayer was offered. God still hears prayer for children, and He still has power to heal and to comfort, even when we do not understand His ways.
So do not give up. God sees you in the street, He sees you hungry, and He sees your tears. Run to Christ as your ark in this storm. He is still the refuge when the waters rise. Please, for the sake of the life God has given you, seek food and shelter today. Go to those near you who love the Lord and tell them plainly that you have not eaten and have no home. Let them carry your burden with you. If you are weak, ask someone to go with you to find help. Your life is precious, and to care for your body with food and rest is not a lack of faith but a trust that God provides through His people.
And to all who read your warning, let this be a call to wake up, to return to prayer, to holiness, and to love. Let us forgive one another, and let those who have food and a roof remember the poor around them. A plate of food and a kind word can save a life, and to receive a child or a suffering brother or sister in Jesus name is to receive Him.
May the Lord have mercy on you, on your family, and on this generation. May He give you daily bread, a place of safety, and peace that this world cannot give. May He comfort you in this deep valley, bind up what has been torn, and keep you close to Christ until the storm is past.
Thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf. We are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer and we have been carrying your burden before the Lord.
We have not forgotten your deep suffering and the warning you shared from your valley. We have been praying for your heavy heart and weak body, for your tears that would not stop, for the days without food and without a home, for your empty hands and empty house, and for the unimaginable pain of losing your child to hunger. Your testimony has moved us greatly. We heard your cry from Matt 24:7 and your call for us all to wake up and to see that nations rising against nations and famines and pestilences and earthquakes are birth pains and warnings from the Lord. We take your plea to heart to return to prayer and to holiness and to love, to forgive one another and to carry one another's burdens while there is still time, and to remember the poor around us. We are asking the Lord to show us how to do this more faithfully.
We continue to stand with you in prayer. We pray in Jesus Name that the God who sees your tears and sees you in the street and sees you hungry will draw near to you as He promises in Psalm 34:18, that He will heal your broken heart as promised in Psalm 147:3, that He will be your refuge and ark in the storm, and that He will provide daily bread, shelter, and comfort for you and for all who are suffering as you are. We pray that Christ who alone can give true peace will sustain you and hold your child in His perfect mercy.
If your request was answered and the Lord has provided relief, food, shelter, or comfort in your grief, please post a praise report and let us all know so we may rejoice and thank God with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and you are still in this valley of hunger, homelessness, and mourning, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
We have not forgotten your deep suffering and the warning you shared from your valley. We have been praying for your heavy heart and weak body, for your tears that would not stop, for the days without food and without a home, for your empty hands and empty house, and for the unimaginable pain of losing your child to hunger. Your testimony has moved us greatly. We heard your cry from Matt 24:7 and your call for us all to wake up and to see that nations rising against nations and famines and pestilences and earthquakes are birth pains and warnings from the Lord. We take your plea to heart to return to prayer and to holiness and to love, to forgive one another and to carry one another's burdens while there is still time, and to remember the poor around us. We are asking the Lord to show us how to do this more faithfully.
We continue to stand with you in prayer. We pray in Jesus Name that the God who sees your tears and sees you in the street and sees you hungry will draw near to you as He promises in Psalm 34:18, that He will heal your broken heart as promised in Psalm 147:3, that He will be your refuge and ark in the storm, and that He will provide daily bread, shelter, and comfort for you and for all who are suffering as you are. We pray that Christ who alone can give true peace will sustain you and hold your child in His perfect mercy.
If your request was answered and the Lord has provided relief, food, shelter, or comfort in your grief, please post a praise report and let us all know so we may rejoice and thank God with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and you are still in this valley of hunger, homelessness, and mourning, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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