"Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
-Genesis 4:9
As we all surely know by now, this week a terrible earthquake shook and broke apart Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. I, along with the rest of the world, have been following the news, listening to and reading the stories coming out of already one of the poorest of the poor countries in our world. We still don't even know the tally of those who have died...people continue to search. I cannot fathom such destruction or such catastrophe. No words and no cameras are adequate to illustrate what happened Tuesday afternoon in Haiti. Now, stories abound of help flowing from a global community, of hope promised from a world people who care, and of planes landing bringing doctors, food, medicine, money, and skill to begin the process of bringing this country back to where it might stand once again. None of us know why such things happen, but I believe we are all responsible to do something, because we are, ultimately and divinely, our brothers' (and sisters') keepers. For those of us who cannot go, we pray, and help as we are able--we offer ours here and here.
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