unthinkable

Driving home and listening to ‘Fix You’ it hit me. There are no dead bodies on the side of the road. Buildings are standing. My mother will be on the other end of the phone line if I need her. Children aren’t wandering the street aimless and orphaned. Food and water is available… For the people of Haiti, all this is reality. It’s today - it’s now. For a country that suffers so much on a daily basis this is unthinkable. They have no resources; their government is so unorganized they had no idea where to send the overwhelming amount of troops and aid they were first receiving. Haitians living in hell had no idea the world was literally waiting in line to help them.

Times like this truly make me question God.

Then I see it. Churches coming together, bringing everything they have to the table. Churches sacrificing their lives, landing in hell trying to help clean up the mess. Why Haiti? I have no idea. Why not Montreal, Colorado Springs or Winnipeg? I think that realistically, if a quake hit Sudbury, Ontario this huge mobilization would not happen. Churches would not come together like this. The world would not rally behind humanitarian organizations to bring relief. George Laraque would not be doing World Vision commercials on Virgin Radio.

Maybe it’s to get our attention – maybe it’s to wake us up. Are you listening?