For each person who has been found dead, or is missing or displaced, there is most probably a relative here in the U.S. who suffers this loss, as well. One man, with relief, saw his brother on news footage emerging from his damaged home in Honduras. He didn t know if other relatives had survived. The enormity of the cruelty, suffering and need in our world seems to have no purpose and no end. The world seems addicted to rage and power and driven by money.
People murder each other in the name of unholy religious beliefs, bigotry and hatred.
I wonder if, in such a rich world, whether we will ever achieve complete peace and full stomachs in every land as the result of mutual respect and love for our neighbors. I often doubt it. It may seem a strange thing to say, but, I am comforted by this disaster. I see the immediate and overwhelming response worldwide. I believe that there is, indeed, a power greater than us.