Silence

This is a re-post from Facebook notes:

Silence
Jan. 5, 2010

I can so often relate to this song. There is a picture in this video of a tornado next to a huge lightening bolt. On the day Rich was killed in such a tragic way... I felt like that is what happened to me... like my life had simultaneously been hit by a horrific lightening rod and whirling tornado at the same time. It has often been difficult to understand how my Father in Heaven.... my creator...... could allow so much pain and suffering in this world. It would seem that surely a loving creator could not possibly allow this world to continue in such pain and suffering. But I realize that pain and suffering is created by man... through hatred and bitterness... through hardened hearts and evil minds..... the very same mankind that nailed Christ to a cross. In the silence I cry out to God, and I question... are you there? And in the stillness of lonely days, He never fails to answer "I am here" to my spirit.... and shows me in so many ways.

Please think about the many people in the world today... those who are suffering.... the homeless; the abused; the hungry; those who fight wars and are victims of wars; the sick and the dying; the widows and widowers; the fatherless and motherless; the orphaned and the abandoned; the hurting and the lonely.... in the silence cry out for them. Dedicate your heart to love. Smile at a stranger. Be more that another person carrying a religious label. Let God be seen in you. Be love to the world, so that others can know He IS there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8iZEeQJUDM