by Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse
I want to start the Day seven conversation with something I am very familiar with. This is the phase when shock, turns to frustration, turns to a sense of being simply overwhelmed. This is the phase when critical fellowship is THE MOST important aspect to recovery operations.
As the adrenalin subsides, there will likely be a great deal of despondency, as people succumb to dark imaginings, get angry psychologically, and with empty reserves of hope begin to express thoughts on the anger side of their mental ledger.
Try not to focus on the whispers that want you to look at the impossible horizon. Instead, with a heart of God filled fortitude, force your gaze at the 2 feet around you and work that problem… then the next two feet… then the next two feet, etc. etc.
If you are a relief worker, GIVE GRACE, and an ear, to every voice that is shouting despair. Let them cry through the apex of their desperation, until they can pause to encounter your shoulder. Then GIVE HOPE. At the core, this is what makes Samaritans Purse so effective. They live this creed as they elevate much more than just crushed stuff. Day #7 is a day to remember the focus on soul food and the nutrition of fellowship.
GOD is all around YOU!
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