In the article Cleanup Continued, Jamie Dean of World Magazine wrote, "During a Sunday morning service on Aug. 22 at Eiko Church in Sendai (a congregation of the Reformed Church of Japan), the pastor led the gathering of 22 Japanese Christians in a reading from the book of Jonah: 'For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, and the flood surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me . . . When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to You.'
The pastor spoke about the grief of 3/11, but he didn't offer a reason for why the disaster happened or speculate on what would happen in the future. Instead, he encouraged the small congregation to seek peace in Christ, and assured them: 'Since Jesus bore our sins on the cross, He will also bear our sorrows for us.'"
Read the full article in WORLD Magazine | Cleanup continued | Jamie Dean | Sep 10, 11
Don't forget Japan! Please pray again for Japan, give financially and then visit victims of the disaster. When I was watching NHK news, Doctor Nishizawa said, "Many are loosing purpose. We must make purpose (ikigaizukuri) for them." The only real hope for them is incarnate love, through us, but ultimately through Christ who "bore our sins on the cross."
