The two men were returning from Jerusalem when a man they did not recognize approached. It was Jesus, but these travelers on the road to Emmaus were distracted by Jesus' crucifixion and burial. And now an empty tomb. It's easy to be engulfed in present sorrow. When I became president of World Vision 10 years ago, the significant issues we faced were famine, infant mortality, and poverty.
Disasters are even more challenging, more complex today.
In the face of these growing, compound needs, it is tempting to simply stand still, with our faces downcast. But just as the Holy Spirit opened the eyes of the men on the road to Emmaus, we witness Christ in the midst of want. In the early 1960s, Suing ran an orphanage and helped her husband manage a growing church. Suing promised she would faithfully care for her kids. By 1975, however, the war was lost.