God is sadder than I am…
The devastation in Haiti is beyond heartbreaking. I spent much of yesterday weeping on and off, and I am not prone to that sort of thing, at least not like some women I know 
I am studying the Psalms of ascent right now (Ps. 120-135) and as I was crying out to God for the Haitian people and especially our sister church in Boyer, I realized that the journey of the Psalms of ascent begins with a cry out to the Lord. Psalm 120 is all about that. “In my trouble, I cried to the Lord, and He answered me.” (Ps 120:1). Does that mean we won’t have trouble? No, I think that is obvious; we have trouble all the time, and sometimes tragedy and devastation, but it is the second part of the verse that really stuck with me… “He ANSWERED Me.” It is easy to forget that this human experience that we spiritual beings are having, is really all about a conversation, a relationship, with the almighty God. He is the creator of each of us, and the lover of our souls. If we think we are sad, watching the devastation that happens in our world, think of how you might feel if you made it all. If you brought it all into being, wouldn’t your heart grieve each time a child is taken from his mother, or when a family loses their home, or when an earthquake wreaks death and destruction in an already impoverished country? Knowing that our God answers, means that He is listening, that He is present, that He cares, and grieves more that we can imagine. I am sad today for the Haitian people, but I am certain that God is sadder than I am.
I hope all of us will do all we can to respond beyond our tears, and make our faith into actions. Let’s remind the world that we serve a loving God. A God that uses all things to draw the world to Himself. Let’s pray and fast and seek His face and give, our time, our talent and our money…
One small way to help the Red Cross: text “Haiti” to 90999, and the Red Cross will answer you, confirm with the word “YES” and they will bill your phone $10. 1.2 million dollars was raised yesterday, and $10 of that was mine, how about you?
