God is ever faithful, even when we are not.

So I was thinking last night about the devastation in Haiti. This is when memories of my old job come back very clearly. I remember when I found out where I was going to school. I was in a kick about N. Ireland, very excited, and one of my regular customers (a middle aged catholic we had plenty of interesting conversations), asked me a question.

"why is everyone going overseas, and no-one is here doing anything?"

To which I responded, "It's not that no one here is doing anything, it's just that we don't really recognize how much we are doing. We are not really encouraged to reach out beyond our own fence here. It's too hard to live in this culture were everything is handed to us on a sliver platter, and it's so much easier to leave and realize what we do have..."

I was thinking about that statement. We are so BLESSED to live in the country we do. We are near the top (if not the top) for an overabundance of wealth. And yes we have issues, and we make mistakes, but we are no different then any other country that was at large in it's day (just look through history). What I am so disappointed about is, while we read books that we don't really need, sit in out $300,000+ houses, drive our $10,000 cars... and complain about giving to a charity. it's breaks my heart.

Meanwhile, Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and it is falling apart at the seams. they have NOTHING. But yet it took an earthquake for us to realize there is a country in our own backyard that has needed help for ages.

But when these things hit, we ask Why God?

or the all time favorite IT'S NOT FAIR

September 11 2001, Katrina, this earth quake, how many more hints do we need?

My housemate Kristen said it best.

"God is trying to get our attention. He wants us in Haiti. But we haven't been getting the hints so He sends and earthquake. He wants us there, and he is going to do whatever he can to get us there."

God will accomplish whatever He wants with or without us. He knows what is going on. He is giving us as Christians, as a nation to reach out beyond ourselves and our comfort zones to do something. He plans to do something amazing. Our God is always faithful, loving, wonderful, and He is all powerful.

We are not.

And that is really all we need to remember. He is faithful, always working all things together for GOOD.

And we are not. and we CANNOT.

Katydid out.