FATHER GOD, intervene now,  in the name of Jesus Christ , in our three countries being devoured by Ebola. Father, we  beseech you, intervene now and stop the suffering spreading through the land .

FATHER, WE HAVE SUFFERED TOO MUCH IN OUR SUBREGION. THE OTHER DAY, IT WAS WAR, DEATH, RAPE, AMPUTATIONS  AND DESTRUCTION. TODAY, IT IS EBOLA. HOW MUCH MORE CAN OUR PEOPLE ENDURE, GOD ? THIS IS DEBILITATING . YOU HAVE TO INTERVENE NOW, GOD AND SAVE OUR PEOPLE. WE BELIEVE IN YOU, GOD. WE LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOD OF MERCY AND A GOD OF DELIVERANCE. YOUR HANDS ARE   FOREVER STRETCHED OUT TO YOUR PEOPLE TO DELIVER THEM. SAVE US, O LORD FROM THIS PLAGUE AND PESTILENCE. SAVE US, FATHER. INTERVENE AND REMOVE THIS EBOLA FROM OUR LAND .

PSALM 3 : 8

8 From the LORD comes deliverance.

May your blessing be on your people. NIV

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Ebola’s deadly toll: Portraits of grief

 

A woman participates in a candlelight vigil in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, for Ebola victims, including Ameyo Adadevoh, who died after contracting the deadly virus while treating a Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history continues to kill. World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan said Friday that more than 2,400 deaths have been recorded in Sierra Leone, Guinea and the epidemic’s Ebola-ravaged epicenter, Liberia.

The West African outbreak, Chan said, “is the largest and most complex and most severe in the almost four-decade history of this disease,” with about 4,800 total cases recorded as of last week. And the disease is giving no ground: A top United Nations official warned recently that “the rate of acceleration is now picking up dramatically.” The deadly virus, Liberia’s defense minister said, “is now spreading like wildfire, devouring everything in its path.”

Grief is spreading rapidly, too, as Ebola’s body count soars.

A relative weeps as a burial team prepares to enter the home of a woman suspected of dying of the Ebola virus in Monrovia, the hard-hit Liberian capital. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Relatives of a man suspected of dying of Ebola look on as Red Cross workers pack his body in the Sierra Leone village of Sengema. Family and community members are encouraged not to touch the bodies of those suspected of dying from Ebola as the bodies are highly contagious. This aspect of the virus has seriously disrupted traditional funeral ceremonies. (Pete Muller/Prime for The Washington Post)

A woman cries following the death of her husband in Monrovia. (Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images)

More heartbreak in Monrovia. (Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images)

The neighbors of an Ebola victim watch as Red Cross workers in protective suits remove the dead man’s body in the small Liberian city of Banjol. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)

A Liberian victim’s son reacts in Banjol as his father’s corpse is removed. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)

The dead Liberian man’s wife watches in Banjol. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman and her children mourn the death of a family member in Monrovia. (Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images)

A crowd reacts as the body of a suspected Ebola victim is removed in Monrovia. (James Giahyue/Reuters)

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