A pastor who is close with some of the missionaries who were abducted in Haiti on Oct. 16, delivered a stirring message this weekend about the power of faith in uncertain, painful, and seemingly hopeless times.
“When you’re used to being there for someone and when they’re out of your reach and we have the perception that they need help, there’s a human feeling of maybe a certain amount of helplessness,” Ron Marks told the Detroit Free Press. “But that’s overcome by trusting God that he helps when we can’t.”
Marks, minister at Hart Dunkard Brethren Church in Hart, Michigan, knows the reality of this dynamic all too well, as some of the 17 abducted missionaries are members of his congregation.