Voice of Ukraine

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (675th day):

New Year’s Eve when your neighbors are ruzzians

This year’s Christmas tree through the eyes of graphic designer Uğur Gallenkuş.

This picture resonates with many Ukrainians, especially after yesterday’s massive drone and missile attack and a recent attack on Kharkiv. I see this picture has been reposted by many of my friends in Ukraine today.

I read that sociologists identified that the dominating emotion among Ukrainians right now is uncertainty. That’s totally understandable. We know we have only one way – forward towards Victory. The alternative is to be destroyed entirely as a country and nation. But there is a lot of uncertainty about how this Victory can be reached, short of a miracle. But miracles are not impossible because we have God who is just and merciful.

As I am writing this, Nick is preparing his tomorrow’s sermon titled “There is a Way Out.” I don’t know the sermon’s details, but it will be about God parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape Egypt. When Israelites found themselves on the shore of the sea with Pharaoh’s army chasing them, I am sure they felt despair (not even uncertainty). Ukrainians can relate! We are praying that in this New Year, God will part the “Red Sea” and let Ukrainians come out of this war while invaders drown in the waters of that “Sea,” much like Pharaoh’s army did.