Haiti

I just wanted to take a moment and talk about Haiti. It has been on my mind and my heart so much lately. When I first heard about the earthquake in Haiti, I thought oh another earthquake somewhere that doesn't affect me, sad but oh well..........shame on me.

Then I heard that the death toll was estimated to be 100,000 now and was going to be much larger due to sickness, lack of medical care and depression issues. That got my attention. Suddenly the news was on and I was listening to what had happened and what was going on. My heart was heavy for these people. "Lord, why so many and so violently?" I don't understand it.

I think that in this world of so much violence in movies, television, video games and even to some extent in every day real life we have become numb to the cry of the lost. So much so that God in his desperate love for his people, has started to go big so that we as Christians start to pay attention. I know there are many Christians who already do pay attention and I am humbled by their walk, but there are many more of us who are happy, even thankful, to be watching the disaster from afar. Where we can turn it off when it gets to be too much for us to watch. What I believe God has revealed to me is that the people of Haiti know they are living in a kind of "hell." They are crying out to God and He loves any of these people as much as he loves me. I was a lost sinner at one time too and God loves me and had compassion on me. He has the same compassion and love waiting for each and every one of these people.
I believe God sometimes allows things like this earthquake to happen so Christians everywhere can see what he sees. So we can hear the cries of his lost sheep. I think when the disasters are smaller many of us turn a deaf ear to what God is trying to show us. There is a song by Brandon Heath called, "Give Me Your Eyes"

Give Me Your Eyes lyrics
Songwriters: Heath, Brandon; Ingram, Jason David;

Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight

Touched down on the cold black tar
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos

All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity

Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what?s underneath

There?s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work, he's buying time

All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity

Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong

Well, I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way You see the people all alone

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity

Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
That I keep missing

Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


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these lyrics are last corrected by Dusty

I think this song says so much. I can't count the number of times I have turned a deaf ear, closed my eyes or kept my arms at my side instead of hearing, seeing and reaching out to the ones who God wants to bring home to him. It is the Holy Spirit who does the work to draw a man to God but it is us who are called to spread the love of God. Sometimes that means using words, but I think so much more it means hearing, seeing and reaching!