If there's one thing the economic crisis of '08 taught me, it was that things could get worse. The recent earthquake in Haiti, unfortunately, is just one of many catastrophes that plague us of national, international, and not-so-international scale that remind me of this truism. One of the things that struck me (read: "way I cope?") about the recent earthquake in Haiti and real-time coverage (regardless of whether or not millions more have died in shorter periods in more gruesome ways) is how, in "Jobian" fashion (like in the book of Job), the disaster centered on people who were very much already down (similar to flooding in Bangladesh and the recent Tsunami caused by a "perfect" earthquake...)It struck me, not because I feel "the powers that be" or God is an impersonal sadist but, because, it really struck me that no one is exempt from life's tragedies, whether they are rich or poor. For this reason, in the midst of suffering not just in Haiti but worldwide, from our families, to our local communities, to places around the globe that are considered "far reaches" from where we call home, I have become more keenly aware of grace that I have been blessed with.
Furthermore, I am struck by how world passions have mobilized, regardless of successes or failures in the delivery of aid, or regardless of whether or not Haiti as a whole emerges from this tragedy like a Phoenix from the Ashes. Perhaps the Master is looking towards Haiti to see, whether He tarry ten years or ten thousand years, whether He might "find faith on earth when he returns?..."
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