"The United States dispatched disaster teams and prepared a $15 million aid package to the Asian countries, and the 25-nation European Union promised to quickly deliver $4 million. Japan, China and Russia were sending teams of experts.
Egeland said he expected hundreds of relief airplanes from two dozen countries within the next 48 hours. "
When one part hurts, the whole body suffers. Yet there is always a greater good that comes out of deep pain and brokeness. This help is prayer answered. The world is not all bad because people still care enough to reach out. Not everyone may believe what you do, but God is nevertheless using them to bring hope and healing to those in despair. Compassion is ingrained in the human heart. Immediate action is the result of complete unselfishness without thought of the weight of sacrifice.
So keep praying. Pray that the relief teams are given the courage to face the magnitude of suffering they will encounter...that they will be the hands, the feet, and most of all the heart of Jesus to every soul they meet. Pray that this experience will change their own lives as they serve, and when they return home, that they will have a much deeper appreciation for what they have and who they have been blessed with.
And you, little one - do not waste your time on trivial things. You need to be free enough to move graces around the world...to also pray that more people will join you as intercessors...that the entire world will be moved to turn to God in this global heartache. Death and loss are never easy, and when it occurs in such extreme cases, it is only the grace of God that can carry the survivors through their grief.
For all the souls who have entered purgatory, O Lord, deliver them.
Into each life some tears much fall;
Our hearts may sometimes break.
And sorrows come to one and all,
For all must give and take.
But God never leaves us hopeless;
He listens to each prayer,
And when we're filled with peacefulness,
An Angel has been there.
- Clay Harrison
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