DO SOMETHING!!!

Many times when pondering the POE, we wonder (accusingly) why God doesn't do something to alleviate the suffering in the world.  Feed the starving children, eliminate disease, house the homeless, heal the sick, rejuvenate the dying....wipe out pain and suffering.  After all, scripture does say (three times) he will wipe away every tear.  What...what....pray tell is he waiting for??????

For us?

Didn't he tell us to "take dominion"?  Didn't he give us the task of tending the Garden? 

In an article on beliefnet...written by Tony Campolo (which I have long ago lost the link to) he says of the ponderings and questions shortly after Katrina

Personally, I contend that the best thing for us to do in the aftermath of Katrina is to remain silent, and not try to explain this tragedy. Instead of asking "Why?" we should be asking, "What does God want us to do now?" The loving God calls all believers in the face of Katrina’s devastation to seek ways to express love in concrete ways towards those who have lost friends and family members; and to those who have lost homes along with most of their earthly belongings.

Even in the aftermath of catastrophes both large and small, even when the task seems daunting, we can do something, however small and insignificant it might seem at the time.   

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Edward Everett

"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can." - Sydney Smith

"How does the Master explain the evil in the world?"
asked a visitor.
One disciple replied, "He doesn't explain it. 
He's too busy doing something about it." - Anthony de Mello, S.J.

So take the first step...stop waiting for God to do it...and YOU do something, however small.

Do not despise these small beginnings for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.” Zech 4:10 NLT