The images coming from Asia are horrific... The mounting body count is incomprehensible... I want to write something significant if for no other reason than to express my grief. To provide some rationale explanation... There are no words. There is only a scientific explanation... Only ponderings...
What can I do? Pray for the victims. Pray for the survivors. Pray for the relief workers.
How odd that this disaster would occur during a season when our culture is caught up in commercialism, gift giving, buying, excessive consumption of food, drink, etc.
What can we do? Pray for the victims. Pray for the survivors. Pray for the relief workers.
The poorest of us, are wealthy by the standards of most of the world. Let's sacrifice our Starbucks fix for a month...
Here are links to two organizations that are exceptionally effective with relief efforts.
https://secure.umcom.org/giving/default.asp?causeID=9522
http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKVLbMVIwG&b=277370&lid=tsunami_donate&lpos=main1btn
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I think that what happened is so terrible. I don't have words for it. I feel bad, though, b/c I see on the news that the united nations representative is talking crap about the US b/c we didn't give enough, and that we should raise our taxes to give them more. Then, they turn down other country's help b/c they have "differences". What is that!? I think the tragedy of this has turned into a big media farce. It's sad. I also find myself feeling bad b/c my immediate thoughts on the tragedy are that God sometimes has to do these things not only to clean up a little, but also to bring us closer together. I dunno. It is a terrible time for this to happen, for so many reasons. But who exactly could have prepared for it, right?
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