better.

feeling a bit better.

i feel a little LESS paralyzed knowing that the major need in haiti is medical...and that the airport is having a hard time getting enough doctors and food in, much less just randos (like me) who want to help.

my heart is still compelled to pray. HARD. which is the best i can do. i do know that should opportunities arise in the future, i would like to go there. also, tommy and i have verbalized the possibility of looking into getting disaster relief trained (through Red Cross or other organizations) to be available for future crises.

a friend from Baylor, Katie Wilhoit Kilpatrick, and her husband left to serve in Haiti about a month ago. here is their account from the past week...http://www.benandkatieinhaiti.com/

luckily they are safe, but need LOTS of prayer. they are serving as fully as they are capable and grappling with their future options.

it intrigued me that about 2 weeks ago, katie posted a list of songs that were speaking to her currently. one of those was Shane and Shane's "Embracing Accusation" (go download this song now if you haven't heard it). i feel the message of this song is such truth for this time, in that place. in the midst of such devastation many people ask "how could God let this happen?" unfortunately, there aren't any answers for why bad things happen in this world, why there is disease, hunger, and poverty--except for the fact that we live in a sinful, broken world. Yes we live in darkness...BUT the truth, the final refrain, is that JESUS SAVES. He is LIGHT to the dark, dark realities of this world. it's not because of him there is evil, it's because of him there is HOPE.

Oh the devil’s singing over me

An age old song

That I am cursed and gone astray

Singing the first verse so conveniently

He’s forgotten the refrain

Jesus saves!