Nicaragua Mia
As my Facebook news feed continues to fill up with more and more shares about the chaos unfolding in Nicaragua right now as I type, my heart is saddened. And burdened. With each new link spelling out more bloodshed and unrest and violence, the beats of my heart quicken. Is this really happening? I’m not there so I’m not experiencing it first hand. But the pictures and the videos horrify me. Fires and gunshots and screams and looting. Anger over injustice. Rage at corruption. And I feel it within me sitting here in a quiet library miles away. The silence here is peaceful and yet I know that peace is not a place. It’s a Person. Jesus. The only peace-giver and peace-sustainer. My heart cries out with the people of Nicaragua. Sadness over senseless bloodshed and mass chaos. Worry and fear over what will develop in the next hours and days in a country ruled by power-hungry and resource-confiscating leaders. What solution will come? What will calm the unrest? Our family moved aw...