Friends of ours have befriended a family in Haiti who is living in an unsafe area and is suffering from the terrifying gang violence that you may have heard about in the news lately. Random murders and horrifying rapes are a common experience in the area where the Haitian family lives.

The Haitian family has a small child and are worried about her safety as well as their own. They feel they must move. Our friends feel compelled to try to help somehow.

They are trying to send the family a modest sum of money to help with their expenses to relocate to another area in Haiti or in the Dominican Republic that is safer.

As they were thinking about this, they told me that they prayed to Jesus asking Him if this is something they should do, and they wondered if the money would reach the family and be used for its intended purpose.

The resounding answer that that was received was, “help this family”.

So, our friends decided to send the money despite the uncertainty about its delivery. They put their trust in Jesus, and surrendered to His sacred heart the uncertainty that goes with such decisions to try to help.

Reflecting on this, I think (in a world full of so much uncertainty) the best course of action in life always is prayer and surrender to the Sacred heart of Jesus. He leads, we follow. May God give us this grace.

The noun, rumination, means a deep considered through about something.

-By Deacon Tom Gryzbek