I sit this morning after watching the Hope for Haiti Telethon last night. The images shown along with the heartfelt plea of faces we seem to have come to trust were overwhelming. Although I am hopeful that this venue will raise a substantial sum of money, and I applaud all who gave, I am still perplexed why some of us felt we needed to wait to be "entertained" before picking up a phone or shopping for relief supplies.When I try to put into perspective what this devastated country is facing, I picture four football stadiums filled with fans, all of which are lying dead on the field. This is the horror facing those left behind. And, although I know that those who lost their lives are now living another without the pain and hunger of those left behind, I hurt for those whose entire families have vanished from this earth. Can you imagine in one instant looking around you and your entire family is gone. The feeling of abandonment and fear, especially in the children is too much to bear. I feel like an Old Testament soul every time I think about it, which is in most waking moments. I want to tear my clothes and cry out in anguish. No matter what I do or how I try to help I feel it will not be enough. But I also know that God will take it and multiply it using it where it is needed the most.
For those who don't think their $10 is significant enough to bother texting the word "Give" to 50555, or finding another way to give, remember this. $10 is enough to buy antibiotics for two people, a necessity that can save their lives. Imagine, someone dying for lack of a $5 drug. These are our brothers and sisters all created by the same Maker. As the song says "we are the world". This just did not happen to someone else, this has happened to OUR family of man. We need to remind the people of Haiti that God still loves them and will never abandon them and we still love them and will not abandon them either.
Please find a way to honor God by loving our neighbors as ourselves. Clasp your hands in prayer for Haiti and then open them wide with whatever you can to help them rise again.
