“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
-Psalm 46:10
I draw my ears, my eyes, my heart and my soul to the devastation present in Haiti. Like others (I imagine), the images we’ve seen are very hard to swallow. I’m left feeling helpless as I watch hundreds of thousands of displaced people seeking the aid of the world. What is one to do when helping seems so insignificant. I’m reminded of the hymn, Be Still My Soul, when I’m longing for answers to questions that seem completely out of my grasp.
As I make health kits through the United Methodist Committee on Relief and donate to the American Red Cross, I still sit here wondering what else can I do. I’ll certainly find ways to continue to help through various organizations, but is that it? Will that suffice? Perhaps all that is left is stand still, and pray. I can do that.
Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
when we shall be forever with the Lord,
when disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
sorrow for forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
God bless the people of Haiti, those who have perished, those who have survived and those who have lost everything. God bless the people of the world for their prayers, their aid and their hope.
