Comments on: Debt, Dictatorship and Disaster – A brief history of Haiti

By: Dave Jaworski

Dave Jaworski — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:55:55 +0000

Steve,

Well stated my friend! I agree with the sentiment expressed that we are to feed the hungry and serve the poor. God will judge. We are to love.

On another note, I too have had tendonitis over many years and am praying for your RSI injury to only be temporary and quickly healed.

Blessings to you in your travels!

Dave

By: Bud Yoakum

Bud Yoakum — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:03:25 +0000

Hi, Steve. Saw you sing in Dunstable Church, Dunstable, Mass a few years ago. You’re 100%, here. Jesus’ instructions to us did not tell us to qualify those we help as deserving, but to help those in need. So whether or not the Haitians ‘deserved’ an earthquake is irrelevant and incredibly arrogant of us to even consider. Jesus said, ‘Feed the hungry,’ (my paraphrase), not, ‘Feed the hungry whom you think deserve feeding.’ And He continued to say that when we deny help to the marginalized, we are denying Him (Matt 25). God bless you, Brother…….Bud

By: Sarah Enns

Sarah Enns — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:33:26 +0000

Thank you Mr. Bell.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:51:25 +0000

Thanks for this blog Steve. So great to get the history. My wife’s family were missionaries in Haiti and there are still many there she knows.

Leaving about Haiti just helps me understand more what she is going through and what the people are going through.

I posted the link to your blog on my Facebook page. Hope that is okay.

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By: Rosa Leveritt

Rosa Leveritt — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:24:06 +0000

Truly beautiful song!!! Thanks so much for such a great article and for showing the love and compassion that our brothers in Haiti need at this time. God bless you abundantly.

By: Audrey Dack

Audrey Dack — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:27:01 +0000

Thankyou for your well written history of Haiti and your demonstration of great compassion. I have been searching for stories that reflect the great tenacity of the Haitian people as a result of Pat Robertson’s destructive statements. You have helped to restore my faith in Christians’ humanitarian nature. Thankyou again.

By: Lorraine Bogatko

Lorraine Bogatko — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:51:48 +0000

Steve, your compassion and sense of global conscience, accompanied as it is by your inspirational words and music are.. what can I say, the epitome of what it means to be an artist. You convey to us all the enfleshing of God’s heart in a way that is both savory and compelling. The only thing I might add, by way of contemplation, and consolation, is that I believe these little ones who suffer and die, in the aftermath of so much injustice and tragedy, are in fact closest to God and readiest for entry into His Presence, though that thought in no way negates one iota the level of the injustice,or tragedy, nor our collective and individual responsibility to them, our brothers and sisters. It only implies that the opposite is also true.. Those of us still here, are here for a reason; He leaves us here on earth, in the “Valley of Decision,” to give us time..He waits.. for us to Choose Life..the Way, truth and the Life, and TO LIVE THAT OUT IN ACTION. May His mercy prevail! …and draw all hearts to Himself, through all of these events. If we choose to LOVE, then we need not be afraid!” God bless you Steve.. for shining His light so beautifully.

By: Cal

Cal — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:00:16 +0000

Was at the concert at Center Street for Haiti last night .
Just wanted to say that my wife and I really enjoyed your music. I was touched by “He will Know It” and the story behind it. It is amazing when God reaches out to us. I have been personally been blessed with such an experience.
Keep up the great work.

God bless
Cal

By: Leila Ward

Leila Ward — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:13:45 +0000

My gratitude for your work is so encouraging to me. I read, watched and listened and learned, you fulfill your mission as teacher in this posting. I have been so triggered by all the Haiti news. You go to the heart of it for me with your transmission of humane understanding. I respect you so much. Understanding tempered my helpless distress. I thank you, blessings Steve.
Leila Ward, Vernon, BC