Monday, May 12, 2008

"Earthquakes in various places..."

I realized something extraordinary this morning; or at least something I think to be extraordinary. Not extraordinary in any kind of positive or encouraging way, but extraordinary in a very, very terrifying kind of way.

Over the past few days there have been several natural disasters worldwide, namely the hurricane in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. The extraordinary part of my realization is not the magnitude of tens of thousands of people dead in Myanmar, and the millions injured, nor is it the 900 students buried under the rubble in what used to be a building in China. The extraordinary thing is that I am NOT moved by the news of these events...

How calloused have I become to not be moved by such disasters?! How can I claim to have the spirit of God within me and not be burdened by the deaths of so many people? And now I ask myself, should I be moved? Should I be worried? Should I cry out to God and ask, "WHY, OH LORD?!" I can't seem to come up with an answer to this question... 

2 comments:

Eric B. said...

Striking to the heart. Great post.

hadsell said...

...agreed.