Everything has tumbled down. What is down beneath the earth has surfaced. Bones are crushed, blood has poured, and lives have ended. Many remained captured within tight coffins, without light, water, or food. Many are praying. Many are crying. Many are afraid. Many are anxious. Many are dying. Many are lost. Humans do not have the capacity to capture the horror. Many are helping from within and from all around the world. May God have mercy on us all.
It hurts so much. The hurt does not go away. Eyes are lifted up to God with shock. Eyes are lifted up to God with anger. Eyes are lifted up to God with painful sorrow and begging for mercy. The pain is here and now and it does not go away.
God is good. The hand that moves the stone is created by him for this purpose and it has fulfilled his will. The mouth that comfort the abandoned is created by him for this purpose and it has fulfilled his will. Every soul that lifts her prayer to God on behalf of the sorrowful has fulfilled his will. Every act to help the injured, the sorrowful, the dying, the orphan, is an act directly toward God. Still the pain does not go away.
The pain is here and now and does not go away .... and so is our God.
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