The Great Wave

The earthquake and following tsunami that hit India and various other nations is heartbreaking. I don't dare watch news about it, or click on the thumbnails to get a closer view of what's going on. Text is bad enough...

On the forum I run, someone pointed out the utter silence by writers about all the souls lost in those monumental waves. It is true that so many people died who had never read a Bible, never heard of the Savior, and they will now have to meet God face to face and not be able to enter the gates of heaven.

But I find the idea of agonizing and morning for the dead, for those I do not know and will probably never see, somewhat.. well, pointless. Who matters now? Those who are dead, or those who are alive?

I morn more for the living. Those people who lost children, spouses, friends, and everything in between. They will suffer, but in a touchable way. They will suffer in a way that can heal.

But it will take such a long long time. And I really really really deeply feel for those poor souls who not only survived such a horror, but got to witness others die. I doubt there will be a restful night's sleep for them for long long time....

Whatever we can do, we should do. For now I pray. Later, I will hopefully be able to do more.

And of course, lurking in all our minds (at least those who think about it) is "Why? Why did this happen?" For some they will blame God or themselves, and for others they will realize that there is no one to blame. I wonder what that's like, to know that you'll never know WHY. It just happened.

What a horrible thing. To never know.

May good come out of this horrible tragedy. I hope that in the worst of it, people will find that "silver lining" and cling to it. Because hope will be the only thing they'll have.

What surprises me more, is that while I've been skimming the world of personal journals, very few have posted about this. Either they don't know (which would surprise me) or they simply don't want to think about it.

I can't really blame them either. Who wants to think about 50,000+ people dying, and leaving so many behind to morn for them? If we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit we really DON'T like to think about that type of thing. It's a scary thing, a frightful thing, that much death. Because one death, two, three, etc is bad enough.

That's all I can think of to say now.