It just saddens me to read, see and hear about the aftermath of Katrina. She was devastating enough on her own, so I thought, but now the situation seems to worsen by the hour.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you what's going on there - just pick up your local edition of the paper or tune into CNN to hear a female veteran journalist who thought she had seen it all in her career actually fighting back tears as she reported on what the human condition was at night in the flooded areas.
Heartbreaking. Unthinkable. Impossible for us in the United States to imagine. Unless we're in it.
It's hard to judge the folks busting into their local WalMart and drugstores taking unpaid diapers, water, first aid supplies and the like. What is hard to fathom is the taking of things like DVD's, jewelery and beer. Who knows what people are going through over there right now and who's to say what people should need - but really - looting TVs? There's no electrical power there people!
One of the uglier sides of humanity rears it's thorny head I guess.
My prayers go out to everyone in that area, affected by that area and attached to that area by family, friends or just by being part of the human race. I'm especially worried about the law enforcement officers who are outnumbered by looters, emergency crews seeing the most horrible things today and for anyone still stuck somewhere on a rooftop or attic. May God have great mercy on all of them and may these folks know that prayers - the most powerful thing on the planet - are being sent their way by many of us right now.
I have an awful feeling that we haven't seen or heard the worst from that area yet.
Pray at any opportunity you have today...just do it.
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