Kaleidoscope

I plopped my overstuffed self into my overstuffed chair and searched for something to watch on TV. All I could find was news reports of shattered lives. The devastating earthquake left no living quarters standing, it broke buildings and buckled boulevards, and it dealt desperation, death and destruction to the population of Haiti. But on the other hand there were reports of the entire world pitching in…pulling together…to pluck the poor unfortunate victims from their plight.

My mind…like a kid’s kaleidoscope…tumbled and turned all the fragmented pieces and parts, the ideas and thoughts about what I was watching and feeling. And like that toy…when viewed with the right light…all the bits of broken glass, all the reflections and refractions make the most interesting and fascinating montage. Without understanding exactly how it all works I could still appreciate its beauty.

It was heart warming to see so many individuals, organizations, and countries, all working together for the common good in the face of disaster. And so it is…the jumble of the sweet and the sour, the hot and the cold, the light and the dark, the good and the evil, the pain and the joy ….all mixed together in some marvelous mosaic. God’s mixture of humanity … I don’t understand it…but somehow I must believe that…God is in charge and it all works for His Glory.

Dear Lord Jesus
I was never considered to be too smart
But blessed am I, you’ve opened my heart
Knowing of those we need to feed
I’ll open my wallet to those indeed
Amen