After events like the earthquake in Hatti, the floods in the Gulf Coast, and the 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean people have many questions about why. The often wonder if God truly exist if such catsophic events occur. Then you always have a radical conservative that want to blame the sins of the people in those places and claim that they are receiving the wrath of God. Though I can’t explain why these events occur, I know that God does exist and is deeply concerned about the people he created.

I also know that we does truly view life & death the way God views life and death. But let me get to the point of this post. I was thinking what if the reason for these disasters has more to do with the sins of the people of God, especially American Christians. God calls use to be light in darkness, to take care and help those lesson fortonate that use. American Christians can sometime we to comfortable with our lives, we forget that there are people that doesn’t have anything. There a people that live on the street of America that live far better than a lot of people in third world countries. Could these diasters abroad be a reminder that there are people out there in need. Is it a call to the church to step up and be the hope of the world. Are the disasters on American soil an awaking that we are all in God’s hand and at anytime He can recalm what’s His. Not just our possession, but our lives as well.

I believe the church is the hope of the world, and we have to be more about meeting the needs of God’s people than building structures of brick and mortar, but providing people with a path to the truth, the source of life. I wanted to do my part in helping people recognize truth and not block them because of my dislike of their behavoir or their choices. The reality is that it does not matter about where people have done or where there are of this life’s journey; what matters is where God is trying to take them.

With that said, it really does not matter why disasters happen, what matters is how we respond to it. If God can trust you with a tradegy, he believes you can handle the responsibility associated with it. Let’s not waste these opportunity to show those that are hurting the love of the Creator.

–Visionary