Tsunami

I was riveted to the TV this morning as I watched the scenes that are now coming out of Southeast Asia. The devastation is beyond belief. The power of the sea is indescribable. The faces of the people are haunting....mothers who have lost children, children who have lost entire families...everything else seems small and insignificant in the light of this tragedy. It reminds me again how fleeting and fragile our life here is. In a moment, everything can literally be swept away.

It reminds me again how important it is to tell my husband and children I love them, to seize the moment and not say, "later...I'm busy". It reminds me of what's really important.

I'm going to donate some money to the relief effort today. It's a drop in the massive bucket, but in some way it connects me to those that are suffering in a tangible way.

One of the news headlines was "What kind of god would do this?" That saddens me....that people think God "did" that to punish anyone. Some of the Hindu religions are believing it to be some sort of revenge. I don't know why God allowed that to happen. Nobody knows. He could have stopped it in its tracks. But he didn't. I do know He is still very much in control and cares deeply...more deeply than I do, about the people there. And in some mysterious and unknown way, God will bring goodness out of this too. Of that, I'm certain.