What do we do??

So with the recent natural disasters it keeps popping through my mind, what do we do with this? Thousands upon thousands of people's lives were changed in a matter of moment. With the earthquake in China, and the cyclone in Burma, people have died, are dying, and are injured. What does one do with this? How should we respond? The world is watching, waiting, wondering. We all feel the pain, but will this pass in a week, or two weeks? I honestly don't know. Like so many tragedies that affect so many people's lives, we cry for them, we send up a prayer, and then a week or to later we go on with our lives because it hasn't directly affected us. China is hurting, Burma is suffering. All I know is to pray.

And now that our attention has been drawn to Burma, and we know the situation they are in, we need to pray harder. They are not letting relief teams in, they are not giving out the amount of food that is being sent. It has been discussed to drop packages of food from the air to get some to the people, as a last resort.

And then we ask, where is God in all of this? How could he let this happen? So many people were killed, many that don't know Him I'm sure.

My answer: "I DON'T KNOW!" I honestly don't know. What I do know is that God is Sovereign still, and He is in control. He is there in Burma with those that are suffering and He is there in China with those that are hurting. God is moving through the Nations. I don't know anything else but this. I have to cling to the hope that God is still in this, or it's just too overwhelming.

I choose to believe that God is there. And I also choose to raise my hands in prayer, to intercede for the hurting. To thank God for those He has called to go in and help. Right now, praying is all I can do. The One who created the heavens the earth is in control.

He tends his flock like a shepherd;

He gathers the lambs in his arms

and carries them close to his heart;

he gently leads those that have young.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,

or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?

Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,

or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?

"To whom will you compare me?

Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:

Who created all these?

He who brings out the starry host one by one,

and calls them each by name.

Because of his great power and mighty strength,

not one of them is missing.

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary,

and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 40:11-12, 25-26, 28