“How long, O Lord? I cry for help/ but you do not listen!/ I cry out to you, “Violence!”/ but you do not ­intervene./ Why do you let me see ruin;/ why must I look at misery?/ Destruction and violence are before me;/there is strife, and clamorous discord./ Then the Lord answered me and said:/ Write down the vision/ clearly upon the tablets,/ so that one can read it readily./ For the vision still has its time,/ presses on to ful­fillment, and will not disappoint;/ if it delays, wait for it,/ it will surely come, it will not be late./ The rash one has no integrity;/ but the just one, because of his faith, shall live.” Habakkuk 1:1-2,2:1-4

The Word from the Book of Habakkuk is our cry as we plead: “Do something Lord.” ! ask the Lord as the children come to seek peace, nourishment and a sense of belonging.