shoot, that’s a real bummer.
Posted on 15 January 2010
At this point if you are even semi-aware of what’s happening in the world (i.e. watch t.v. or use a computer) you’ve probably read through, looked at or watched something related to the Haiti quake. There are a lot of words flying around all directed towards the disaster. Through my siftings two things have stuck out to me.
The first is that it is embarrassing that it takes such an extreme atrocity to get people worked up on helping others. The earthquake in Haiti has done horrible damage and I don’t want to downplay how terrible this incident is, because it really is terrible, but at the same time there are people all around the world who have been suffering before the earthquake and who will continue to suffer long after this earthquake. It is my prayer that God fills the Church with a sincere and honest love for others, to the point that we aren’t only helping our neighbor every now and then, but continuously through our lives.
The second is a single sentence in this post.
“Pray as if it was your mother or your daughter or your son who was trapped and in fear of their life. It’s what we are called to do, because it matters.”
I was in a conversation with my friend Keith on prayer. He was telling me how he didn’t fully grasp the concept of prayer or how it worked, but that the one thing he was sure of was that God is a God who likes to be asked. Ask God to accomplish his purposes in Haiti; that the Gospel would be spread in the devastation, and that healing would happen.
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