A beautiful town on an island known as the Paris of the West Indies. It was an island made up completely by volcanic explosions and lava over the past thousand of years. In 1902, a huge volcanic explosion from Mt Pelee killed the entire town of St Pierre. I wondered and asked God why did He let that happen. They only had 3 minutes to escape before the shockwave and fumes hit the town, 3 minutes before over 30,000 lives ended. The only man who survived was a man who was thrown in their version of maximum security prison; 1 meter thick walls so that he won't be able to escape again. He survived with terrible burns and he was found on the brink of life and death.
Their lives were serene and laid-back by the sea. Although Mt Pelee erupted a few times in the past, they were small enough to ignore. The governor refused to evacuate the people although smoke and ash were filling the sky, lightning storms were occurring and the night sky looked like it was on fire. He refused to evacuate them in fear that it will affect the political voting that was about to happen in 5 days.
I got curious and checked out a few websites on St Pierre in recent times. Although catholicism is still their main religion, witchcraft has found its way into their island. Full of cults and voodoo practices, I'm not sure about what was it like before the eruption but I have a feeling it was something similar to it as they celebrated carnivals with something similar to mardi gras. Was it because of the abundance of sin that is why God had to destroy their city when the sin was at its fullness? The bible say that when sin is ripe, when sin is at its fullness, it leads to death. Is that why St Pierre was destroyed? I have no idea, however, my heart breaks and mourns for them. I want them to know the fullness of God. That He is a God who loves and saves and a God of second chances.
Lord, send me and I will go. Send me to these places, I want to go. I'm called right now to be sent into my workplaces and schools, but send me Lord, I want to go. Train me up in my school, in my workplace, in my home. Train me to be bold and courageous, to preach to anyone where ever I go. Let the truth and the gospel be on my lips, let me be marked by Your hand and love. Train me so that I will not fear because I know You are with me. I want to be where You are, I want to love You and do what is on Your heart. Lord, send me, I will go.
