"But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?" Jonah 4:11

our cell group leader, Mischa Achkar, had decided to do some prayer walking around the area of the church during our meeting time.  so last wednesday, this group of leaders from the women's ministry set out in twos to prayer walk around Bourj Hammoud.  as i was walking and watching all of the people going about their business, the verse that kept coming to my mind was the one where  God said, speaking about ninevah, that these are a people who do not their right hand from their left.  This is what i saw, people who are so busy with the concerns of their lives, but in reality are so confused and far from the truth.

  When we got back to the church, I read the end of Jonah and saw a picture of what is wrong with so many of us.  Jonah was more concerned with something temporary than with the harvest.  Maybe we read his response to the dying vine and see his silliness, but how often do we do the same things in our own lives.  We get upset over trivial things, and when God asks us if we have the right to be angry our response is "I do!"  it's time to get our attention away from the temporary and focus on where God's concern is, the multitudes.

 There are multitudes of people in our cities who do not know their right hand from their left.  i know for me i can be overwhelmed thinking about how can we reach ALL of these people ?!   After our prayer walk on wednesday, which we will continue on a regular basis,  we may not have "numbers" to show what happened, but i believe that we have definitely started do something to reach the harvest.  We are believe that God is going to open doors to reach people and and really begin to move in this community!

I don’t even watch the Lebanese news, but I am still very aware that elections are looming.  Of course there are pictures of politicians plastered everywhere, and billboards with their logos lining the streets, but showing support for your group doesn’t end here.  Each one has his own color (and if you wear the shirt of a groups color, just because you like the style no other reason, you will quickly get questioned if you are showing loyalty.  They are usually joking with me, though).  Each group has his own flag, songs and hand signs.  You can even honk your car horn a certain way to show your support for your group.  If you haven’t guessed yet, elections time in Lebanon are very LOUD! Now that we are closer to the date, you hear music and car horns late into the night, and at anytime you can get stuck in a traffic jam because of street rallies and supporters marching the streets. 

Politics in Lebanon are always hotly divided, but with an important election just a day away you can really feel how much so.  PLEASE BE IN PRAYER.  These elections are very critical, and the outcome will determine the direction of this nation.