Last week's earthquake in Haiti has, I'm sure, affected anyone who has a heart and can lay claim to any positive human emotion. For some of us, it hit close to home, for others, it hit home. So far, I've lost one uncle in the catastrophe and have at least one first cousin and several distant cousins who are unaccounted for. Other family members are affected, either because they are there or because they are here and have lost people close to them. I do not know many of these relatives. Some, I have not seen or spoken to in years. And yet, they all are, always have been and always will be, my people. And they're suffering or they're gone.
My prayers go up for all the injured, the miracles waiting to happen - the people who are trapped and will be rescued, the family members, the friends, the relief workers, the troops and everyone who is saddened by the catastrophic effects of an earthquake of this magnitude on an over-populated city that was already ravaged by poverty, hunger and disease. And for those of us who would like to do more, but don't know where to begin or how best to use our gifts to help, I send up a special prayer. I send up a prayer that we would start with the most important and the easiest thing we can do. Pray. It doesn't cost anything and it conquers everything.
You didn't spare Your Son
so You could save me -
You let Him die up on that cross.
You sacrificed the One
to spare the many -
sent Him to find and save the lost.
The blood He shed for us
poured out in rivers.
He suffered just to cleanse my sin.
His blameless body bruised,
its battle over
so that salvation might begin.
What would I do to help
Your precious children,
to show Your love to one or two?
How do I share a drop
of what You've given?
What would my Savior have me do?
How does imperfect flesh
reflect Your mercy?
How can my mortal soul thank You?
How do I touch one life
or help the many?
Please tell me, Savior, what to do.
