Hurricane Katrina...
I’m sitting here moments before going to the funeral of a friend. Been awake since 6 am, watching the news of New Orleans, and the devastation of human suffering in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Words seem hopelessly inadequate in the face of such high emotion, and the loss of so much. What strikes me most, I think, is the intensity of the rage seen on our screens. Anger is such a natural element of human grief, but when the experience of trauma is shared by so many at exactly the same moment, it feels overwhelming. Strange that we often use words at such times with watery themes – to be overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed, all at sea – when the images of so much power at the hands of water is evidenced by all who switch on the TV.
It also feels like a dam of human frustration is also flooding all caught up in this tragedy. It has been a ghastly year for mass devastation by water, and our prayers, thoughts and resources go out to those who have lost everything.
Pat’s Thought for the Day
Let us beg God for wisdom in response, for there will be plans to put into place, decisions to be made, and questions to be answered at all levels. Let us also pray God’s peace in the turbulence of those who suffer now, and may well suffer for some time to come
Words seem hopelessly inadequate in the face of such high emotion, and the loss of so much. What strikes me most, I think, is the intensity of the rage seen on our screens. Anger is such a natural element of human grief, but when the experience of trauma is shared by so many at exactly the same moment, it feels overwhelming. Strange that we often use words at such times with watery themes – to be overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed, all at sea – when the images of so much power at the hands of water is evidenced by all who switch on the TV.
It also feels like a dam of human frustration is also flooding all caught up in this tragedy. It has been a ghastly year for mass devastation by water, and our prayers, thoughts and resources go out to those who have lost everything.
Pat’s Thought for the Day
Let us beg God for wisdom in response, for there will be plans to put into place, decisions to be made, and questions to be answered at all levels. Let us also pray God’s peace in the turbulence of those who suffer now, and may well suffer for some time to come
posted by PatK at
8:30 am
2 Comments:
Another thoughtful blog. How difficult it must be to be washed up with everything around you changed. A good focus for prayer.
Sarah
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SarahB, at 11:57 pm
I heard on premier radio today the comments of a rabbi in paralell to the Gaza strip being taken away from the jews. Same proportion of people being displaced and so on. It is always thought provoking reading your blogs.
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Nicole's Psalm, at 10:35 pm
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