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After the Great East Japan Earthquake,

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I worked as a member of an NPO that supports disaster victims.

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Our work was based in a severely affected area.

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As a counselor, my job was to patch up their torn-apart lives.

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The problems they came with were far beyond what I could resolve with my knowledge and experience.

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Still, the disaster victims were in deep distress and grief.

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I myself lost my dear aunt and uncle and struggled to overcome the grief of losing them.

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I came to realize that only God could heal the disaster victims’ pain and meet their needs entirely.

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I realized I didn’t know who God is.

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And I started searching for Him.

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I prayed and a Bible was given to me right away.

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I started reading the Bible alone and it gave me a deeper desire to know God.

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I came to understand that only the God of the Bible can heal the pain in a person’s heart.

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I came to grasp who this loving God is by going to church.

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Jesus doesn’t heal us by stitching our tattered pieces together.

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He heals us by making us new.

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He gave me a new life and completely transformed me.

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My encounter with God changed my life radically.

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The disaster was painful to go through,

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but God gave me grace and blessings I never experienced in my life before then.

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Thank you, Jesus, for answering my prayer.