I have been needing to write and yet each time I begin, I delete what I wrote as I just can’t seem to get the feelings from my heart out.
Yet as I struggle to express the sadness and helplessness I feel, I realize that sometimes there are no words.
I realize that you feel it too. It is so hard to see devastation as in Haiti now and need yet feel helpless to do something.
As I dropped my children off, in their warm clothes, lunch box with food, and know their day will be one that is safe and spent with friends and teachers who love them, I realized that I hate the unfairness of it all.
This is why I choice to believe in a God and in heaven. How His heart must bleed for his children. Yes, I know there is the question from those that are peeking into the Christianity window asking why does He allow this?
Aw… it isn’t a simply answer, is it? It’s about love and freedom of choice. It is about sin and all the horrible repercussions. It is about looking ahead to the end and the beginning. Heaven… I have to believe that there is this place so wonderful and beautiful where there is no pain and injustice. It is a place where all is right.
I hate seeing children suffering. I hate those commercials of starving children with flies sitting on their beautiful faces. I feel so helpless as I hear the stories from Haiti. This place where life is so hard already for so many… why?
My brother was planning a trip there which has been postponed for a few weeks. Yet if you read his blog, you can see an easy and immediate way to help… if you are able to. This is just one option… we just need to help any way we can.
I guess this brings me back to my thoughts of the lady begging around the corner… the needs are here too, right in front of us.
We may have so many things we want, maybe even need. Yet if you have your babes, your loved ones home tonight, if you have food and a warm bed… we have a cup that is overflowing.
We must stop and give thanks… don’t you think?