katrina

i am incapable of wrapping my brain around the things going on in my country right now. i looked for a picture to put on here but they were all so intense i didn't want to lessen them by using any of them to'accent' my blog. (that's not a judgment about anyone that did use a photo of the disaster on their blog)

last night on the news i watched seasoned reporters crack and weep as they tried to express their frustration and sense of urgency about getting aid to the people still in the convention center and other parts of new orleans. i find myself numb as i watch horrified, unable to help. in parts of this 'civilized' country society is coming apart at the seams and all many of us can do is watch in horror. i know prayer moves God's hand, but it takes a stretch of faith for me right now to believe that my silly words will have any effect. thankfully it's not my silly words that do anything, it's God that brings the help.

they said they estimate around 10,000 dead in louisiana alone. how do i get my mind around that number? it's not just 'bodies', it's mothers, fathers, babies, best friends, brides-to-be, new graduates, sons, bandmates, pastors, grandmas. these are all people with names, stories, personalities, struggles, victories and passions. the anniversary of my friend's son's death last saturday was a reminder to me that everyone that is lost is loved by someone. one of the pictures i saw today was of a woman dead floating face-down in the waters of new orleans. she's somebody, yet they called her an 'unidentified body'. it's overwhelming. God help us.