Cynicism and Hope

One of my favorite authors, Edwidge Dandicat of Haiti, writes in the New Yorker about family members gone and still living.

From my friend Lisa Martin:

This morning I am watching the news…

Haiti…

I saw the faces of children screaming with empty hungry eyes, bodies covered in blood that the living had to literally walk around to get to a food line, and poverty beyond imagination…

the news then showed a missionary team from the states, hurrying to the plane to LEAVE…

and then with tears in my eyes, I watched a group of Haitians lift their hands and sing, praising God in the middle of destruction and horror..

Lord give grace to the people of Haiti. provide them what they need as they call out to you in their poverty, praising your name and holding on to you, when faith is all they have…

and Lord, call us to accountability as a supposed Christian nation who speaks the name of Jesus, then walks away…

Amen

What are you think, feeling, praying?