#prayforrefugees

[pray4refugees]

The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others.

[sendorgo]

#Repost @grether ・・・ This #syrianrefugee was probably the nicest guy I met in all my Turkish travels. He carved amazing designs out of stone. Wow, was it dusty. And he stopped everything he was doing to show me, a stranger, around all his work. And my heart ached when talked to me of his yearning to return to his home in war-torn Aleppo. #prayforsyria #prayforrefugees #makeportraitsnotwar

[theloverstraces]

“As we go about our holiday preparations, the families and children of Aleppo are literally being massacred,” says Rich Stearns, World Vision U.S. president. “We must never lose our capacity to feel outrage when human beings are so callously slaughtered, and then we must turn that outrage into action. Pray, give, and raise your voices in support of these Syrian families.”

[theremarkablesco]

Greece got me feeling some kind of way. It's surreal being here. Some days feel like a holiday and then it's back to the camp working and meeting with people and I'm reminded just how blessed my situation is. #prayforrefugees #outreach #ywam #greece

[hillsidemissions]

When we pray, things happen. Try it for yourself.

[not-really-kate]

My grandparents (who aren’t american but are white) lived in Egypt 15 years ago. As she walked down the streets of Cairo the day after September 11, people stopped to apologize to my grandmother, to take her hands and try to explain how sorry they were for what had happened in the west. The terrorists weren’t Egyptian, and my grandmother is from New Zealand, but they were brown and she was white; they were Muslims and she was a Christian, and because of that, they were made to feel responsible for actions they had as little to do with as my grandmother did. Every one of them knew this, and they still apologized on behalf of their people and did so with such sincerity. Don’t you dear tell me religion is the problem or blame extremist actions on a whole religion or race. 

[oldschool-lover]

It's sad that only catastrophes reminds us that we are one world. We let life make us forget about everything and just think of ourselves. We feel sorry for people who die but after a few days we go back to our normal life as if nothing ever happened. Of course we have to move on - but we also have to learn. We let media control our minds. We blame religions for people who use them to spread fear and terrorism. We buy clothes which are made by poor women under horrible circumstances. We think by posting "PrayforParis" everything will be just fine. We trust politicians that lie to us. We destroy our environment. We make so much wrong. But we are human. We make things wrong. But we have to make up for those things. We are intelligent. We have to use our minds. We have to stop being so selfish.