I think if I hadn't visited Save The Children, I wouldn't have realized that it's been a year since the floods in Pakistan.
Credit: Save The Children
A natural disaster that would have devestated more than 5 states has passed its one-year-anniversary with a whimper. With so many people affected, why has it been so easily forgotten?
I think we know. But if we are going to call ourselves Christians, we need to love and care for our enemies. If we are to call ourselves humanitarians, we need to remember the children, mothers, fathers who were harmed. If we are to say that we love the world, we must love ALL of it, not just the parts that are good to us. Not every person wants to hurt us, but there will be some who do. Should we allow many to suffer because of some?
I think we're asking that question now with the famine in the Horn of Africa. I think it makes it harder, but we shouldn't look at those suffering and say, "Well, you did it to yourselves so...too bad." It's easy to say that, but we just can't.
If you would like to know what Save The Children is doing in Pakistan, a link to their report is HERE.
I think we know. But if we are going to call ourselves Christians, we need to love and care for our enemies. If we are to call ourselves humanitarians, we need to remember the children, mothers, fathers who were harmed. If we are to say that we love the world, we must love ALL of it, not just the parts that are good to us. Not every person wants to hurt us, but there will be some who do. Should we allow many to suffer because of some?
I think we're asking that question now with the famine in the Horn of Africa. I think it makes it harder, but we shouldn't look at those suffering and say, "Well, you did it to yourselves so...too bad." It's easy to say that, but we just can't.
If you would like to know what Save The Children is doing in Pakistan, a link to their report is HERE.
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