Putting it in perspective

I just spent the last 45 minutes or so getting things put into perspective...I decided to visit facebook one last time before hitting the hay and I saw that one of my friends had posted a blog about what's been going on in Haiti. Within her blog were links to blogs done by missionaries and workers in Haiti. I can't say when I've had my perspective change so quickly.

I've been really overwhelmed as of late, just with the new schedule, new classes starting, new baby, new lack of finances...lots of new stuff. In March our lease will be up and we are looking to move to a less expensive place, but we would like the same amount of space. It's been challenging since August, not knowing what life will look like in the next few months. And then I read these blogs about what's going on in Haiti. The miracles that are happening, God's provision, it's incredible that there can be triumph in the midst of such tragedy. But such is our God! And it hit me, I'm overwhelmed? I'm worried? I'm scared of what I can't see? I have a roof over my head, I have food, I have medical care and gas in my car and a bed to sleep in. I can take a shower and change my clothes and wash those clothes. I can sit on my computer and type my blog without being concerned about the energy it's using up.

I've seen some people criticising Obama's efforts to lend Haitians a helping hand. And for a moment I sided with those criticisms. Not anymore, my perspective has changed. See, I believe that God is looking down on the poor people Haiti and looking down at me and loving us both the same. I believe that his heart cries out for their love just as it cries out for mine. Didn't Jesus say that when you see someone hungry and you give them something to eat, or you see someone thirsty and you give them something to drink that you've done it to him as well? One of the apostles said that we, as Christians, would be known by our love. If our "love" doesn't stand up and reach out a hand now, in Haiti's hour of need when will it? I, for one, am now determined to find a way, some way, to give to Haiti. It's not enough for me to change the channel from the news and pretend it doesn't concern me. It's not enough for me to go on with my life knowing that on this same planet there is a mother who doesn't know how she'll feed her children, that there's a mother who lost her children.

Oh yes, perspective has change.