ALMIGHTY GOD, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, WE COME BEFORE YOU AS A NATION HUMBLED BY THE STORM THAT HAS PASSED THROUGH OUR LAND. LORD, YOU SAW THE WINDS THAT TORE DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES, YOU SAW THE FLOODS THAT COVERED OUR COMMUNITIES, AND YOU SAW THE HOMES—THE PLACES OF SAFETY, MEMORY, AND FAMILY—THAT WERE LOST OR DAMAGED. TODAY, WE RAISE JAMAICA BEFORE YOU, EVERY PARISH, EVERY DISTRICT, EVERY CITY AND EVERY CORNER OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
FATHER, YOU KNOW THE PAIN OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE HOUSES WERE BLOWN DOWN, WHOSE ROOFS WERE LIFTED AWAY, AND WHOSE LAND WAS WASHED OUT BY RACING WATERS. YOU HEARD THE CRIES OF FAMILIES HUDDLED IN DARKNESS, WONDERING IF THEIR HOMES WOULD SURVIVE THE NIGHT. YOU SAW THE FEAR IN THE EYES OF CHILDREN AND THE WORRY IN THE HEARTS OF PARENTS WHO WORKED ALL THEIR LIVES TO BUILD A LITTLE CORNER OF SECURITY. LORD, HAVE MERCY ON THEM, AND LET YOUR LOVE GUIDE THEM AS THEY BEGIN AGAIN.
WE LIFT UP OUR REAL ESTATE SECTOR BEFORE YOU—THE BUILDERS, THE CONTRACTORS, THE…
