Floods

20% of Pakistan is under water. 

1400 people have died.

900,000 homes have been damaged.

20 million people have been affected.

3.5 million children are at risk of cholera.

And monsoon season is about half over.

  It's been a strange season for floods.  Nashville, Tn was decimated by flood waters.  Iowa has been hit as well.  It's strange to remember back a few years ago, when Atlanta was crying out for water, and a dirty car was considered something to be proud of. 

  We can't live without water.  Yet, often we can't live with too much water.  We pray for rain, but not too much!

  Not sure how to help?  I prefer to give to Doctors Without Borders, which is usually one of the first groups in to devastated areas.  Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is also at work.

  For those who cannot give money, and even for those who can, may we pray for the victims of this tragedy.  In lives constantly bombarded with the latest news on Lindsay Lohan's jail time and what movie made the most money this past week, it is such a powerful act to remember the things that truly matter, those who are in need, who are crying out for help, for someone to weep with them while they suffer.  So many of the Psalms are filled with lament--may we lament the loss of life, the loss of home and of stability, and may we lift up each individual in Pakistan who suffers and pray that they mind find the peace of God in the midst of this watery chaos.