One Year Passes Quietly

 Today is one year since the earthquake in Haiti.  I really wanted to blog, I wasn't sure what I was gonna say, here is a little bit straight from my journal, just my thoughts I guess.

Today went so much differently than I thought it would.  One year since the earthquake, for some reason I thought it would be the only thing anyone would be talking about, I figured it would be all over the news, the only thing being discussed by the talking heads, but instead it came and went and no one seemed to notice.  News stations mentioned the anniversary in passing, clips of vigils and last year's tragedy flashed for seconds and then it was gone, Haiti missed the spotlight today.  I feel like there's a pressure building up inside of me threatening to explode at any moment

"HOW COULD YOU FORGET?! HOW ARE YOU KEEPING SILENT?!"

Don't you realize that the tragedy that stopped you in your tracks a year ago is still stealing lives today?  Millions of people are living without homes, in makeshift tents, and on the streets, thousands of lives are threatened by cholera every day, and over the last year hundreds of people have been raped as the few people who work to enforce the law are scrambling to keep up with the demands they face everyday.  These things that seem unimaginable anomalies in our lives here in America are now the norm in Haiti.  Yet I feel like everyone seems to have forgotten, moved on and left Haiti to deal, to settle to this new status quo.

Isiah 40: 27-31
Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God "? Do you not know ? Have you not heard ? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength ; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. 

Matthew 11: 28-30
"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

Isiah 1:17
Learn to do good ; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow. 

Haiti's way is not hidden from the Lord.   Haiti is not forgotten and the Everlasting God is moving there, calling to take the yolk of slavery and oppression to offer healing and rest.  He is calling us to seek to love, defend, and plead for.