the God who cries

across the blogosphere (that i read, at least) is a quietness about the tsunami ...

this morning, probably around 2 or 3 am, i woke up to cnn showing and of course re-showing a 16 yr old's amateur video of the wave arriving... in indonesia, i think...

the wave was white and enormous; i'd guess the height at 30 to 35 feet given that it covered a large statue as it hit...

the images were surreal... people floating or being pushed into the sides of buildings; a man holding the arm of a dead person, refusing to let go...

i seem to be perhaps like everyone else a bit overwhelmed by the complete devastation and the enormous amount of personal loss... whole villages were wiped off the face of the earth! mothers and fathers lost all 4 or 5 of their children; children lost parents...

i've given money - probably everyone else has, too - but i feel like little is going to help these people get over this... except faith...

larry king took president clinton's advice and hosted a muslim, a buddhist, a jew, a christian, a hindu, etc. and each spoke of nature, God, charity, faith, and one even spoke of gaia... and yes, i am biased, but only the christian spoke about the personal God who cries with us... and who has cried for himself even...

i am sure that right now, southeast asia needs the God who cries...