Some Wounds Cannot be Healed

The images from the earthquake in northwest Pakistan I have seen in the newspaper and on the news in the past few days are heart-breaking. Generation of families have been lost and the conditions for the living are getting worse.

I talked to my relatives in Pakistan who live in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and they relayed a similar message of devastation and heartbreak in northwest Pakistan. They talked about how young men in their neighborhood would pack their cars with clothes and tents to take to the people effected. However, roads to the effected cities are blocked. There is a feeling of helplessness felt by local residents, which we all feel around the world.

The World has experienced 3 huge natural disasters in the past year. From the devastation caused by the Tsunami last year in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans a few months ago, and now the earthquake in northwest Pakistan. These natural disasters all share in common the fact that most of the effected people are poor. Throughout all of the pain and suffering of these people, they remarkably possess gratefulness.

We thank Allah, it could have been much worse. Do pray for us. [Survivor]

We can all learn from this disaster. Too often in our lives we take so much for granted in this world and become focused on our material goals. But, it can all be taken away in a heart-beat, as we have seen this past year. Please help support the relief efforts by donating to a relief organization.