Please Do Something for Haiti

I got distracted earlier by that email from Buckner and forgot that the real reason I wanted to post today was to ask you to please consider how you personally may be able offer your help - to Do Something - for the people of Haiti whose lives have been devasted by the earthquake that hit there on Tuesday.

The pictures of the destruction and devastation have swept over me with the same feelings of helplessness and sorrow that I remember from the tsunami in the Indian Ocean that took almost 250,000 lives on December 26, 2004.

Please take a moment to check out these posts from a few of my favorite bloggers: Angie Smith, Beth Moore, and Mary Beth Chapman. Beth Moore offers several suggestions in her post about ways you can help.

But just as important as monetary donations, if not more important, are your prayers. Please, please remember to pray for the people of Haiti in the coming days and weeks. Pray that those who are still trapped will be found before it's too late. Pray for those who are wounded, that they will be healed. Pray for those who have already received the devastating news that their loved ones have been lost. Pray for the relief workers and rescue workers and healthcare workers and mission teams and power companies and heavy equipment operators. Pray for the children. Pray for God to sweep across that country with His powerful Holy Spirit, bringing healing and wisdom and comfort and peace and hope.

Thank you for praying, friends. Remember the woman who annointed Jesus with perfume? She Did What She Could. And this is our chance to do the same. What we do for others, we do for Him. This is our chance...let's Do Something.