I'm not one to cry easily - actually I fight tears like crazy. But every time lately I have heard this, I come close to dissolving into tears. I need to get away from the radio, quit watching TV, quit surfing the net in a vain hope that by knowing what is going on I can somehow change it. Survivor guilt - I think that all of us have some degree of it. Looking down at my full plate, running my washer and dryer, I think of those who have nothing like this. Rationally, I know that my eating or showering isn't going to hurt anyone by taking resources away from them, but still the guilt sometimes descends.
Just need to keep praying, and doing what I can. I think that we are all doing likewise.
Louisiana 1927 - by Randy Newman
Louisiana
What has happened down here is the winds have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and it rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through clear down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangelne
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has done
To this poor crackers land."
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us
It is good to read that someone hit the nail on the head of my own grief. I found myself doing the same thing with a total feeling of helplessness. I pray constantly and yet...
Thank you for reminding me that we can grieve with the sorrowing and know that we are doing God's will as well.