Dear Editor,
I give thanks to the Almighty God, the merciful and gracious God, that He answered my prayers and the prayers of many other people in Jamaica in causing Hurricane Matthew to go farther away from Jamaica so that we may be spared the potential damage that a Category Four hurricane may cause.
He spared Jamaica, not because we deserve it, for our nation is full of dishonesty, greed, selfishness, crime and violence, and sexual immorality. He spared Jamaica because He wants more people to repent and to return to Him.
Therefore, I call upon us all to examine ourselves in the presence of God. Turn from all of our sins against God, do what God wants us to do, trust in the blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed to remove our guilt of sin and bring us God’s forgiveness. Confess Jesus Christ as the risen Lord to whom God has given all authority in heaven and on Earth to govern our lives; be buried with Jesus Christ in baptism and be raised with Him to walk in a new kind of life as servants of God, and no longer as servants of sin. Be faithful in following the teachings of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ forever and ever. Amen.
Leslie Joseph Buckland Jr.
Kingston 8
joe_buckland@yahoo.com
I give thanks to the Almighty God, the merciful and gracious God, that He answered my prayers and the prayers of many other people in Jamaica in causing Hurricane Matthew to go farther away from Jamaica so that we may be spared the potential damage that a Category Four hurricane may cause.
He spared Jamaica, not because we deserve it, for our nation is full of dishonesty, greed, selfishness, crime and violence, and sexual immorality. He spared Jamaica because He wants more people to repent and to return to Him.
Therefore, I call upon us all to examine ourselves in the presence of God. Turn from all of our sins against God, do what God wants us to do, trust in the blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed to remove our guilt of sin and bring us God’s forgiveness. Confess Jesus Christ as the risen Lord to whom God has given all authority in heaven and on Earth to govern our lives; be buried with Jesus Christ in baptism and be raised with Him to walk in a new kind of life as servants of God, and no longer as servants of sin. Be faithful in following the teachings of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ forever and ever. Amen.
Leslie Joseph Buckland Jr.
Kingston 8
joe_buckland@yahoo.com