I have thinking a lot about the state of affairs concerning the recent Earthquake that has rocked the little island of Haiti. I find it sas that it has taken this Disaster to spark world interest and concern for International aid to this country. In my mind Haiti has been in dire need of international intervention for a long time. I believe God has chosen this disaster on these already poor people for the same reason I believe He did it for Katrina and the poor people in my beloved city. Seems a natural disaster is the only way governments will come together to help people who really have needed this help along. Instead, the powers that be choose to stand by and watch communitites like these people starve and die from prevental diseases in decrepit shantys made of sheet metal and straw. Whether or not there's an earthquake or not means little to me. Not because I am uncompassionate about those that are suffering because of this disaster, but because I am also equally compassionate about Haiti's status BEFORE the earthquake. The state of this nation should shock leaders of this world into action. These people live in extreme suffering because of our failings as mankind. God wants us to make a stand for the poor, the hungry, and the lost. Christ came to this world to show us how to love in a radical way. He loved all the outcasts and shunned masses not just the people we are most comfortable with. Mankind especially "Christians" really doesnt get it sometimes, and it just breaks my heart. Had to vent that. I feel better now. In Christ, James