Archive for January, 2010
when i am bombarded
An email from World Vision: 1 million homeless.
A letter from St. Jude Children’s Hospital: more than 10,000 children will learn they have cancer this year.
Another email from Not For Sale: 27 million slaves in the world today.
And, as I type this, a tweet: corruption and violence in Sudan continue unchecked.
I am overwhelmed. I read Madeleine L’Engle’s January 28 entry from Glimpses of Grace (yes, accidentally a day early).
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You are never more like Christ than when you are choked with compassion over the brokenness of others.
- Brennan Manning
“…the magnitude of this catastrophe is enormous.”
I felt small as I read the email from World Vision. Like most everyone, I’ve been catching snippets of information and news feeds of images from Haiti’s devastating earthquake. And, with reality setting in, I am at a loss as to how to respond.
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Only love, only love can leave such a mark…
Magnificent, U2
“Yeah, I’m going back to work next month. And I’m also going back to school to get my degree. I’m starting a business, too. Making kids’ toys.”
I sat across from the bright-eyed mom rocking her three-month-old baby in his car seat. I nodded and smiled as Jude wiggled (all 21 pounds of him) in my arms. As I listened to the young mom go on, something fractured a little inside. She went on about all her plans (“Oh, and we’re thinking about getting pregnant again. I’d have another one tomorrow if I could…”), and I began thinking back on my plans. I began thinking back on our six months with Jude, too.
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