I should be working but...

I should be working right now. But all i can think about is the country of Haiti. As more and more images and videos emerge I can't help but stare at the devastation. It's kinda sick actually... I'm drawn to the images. Truthfully though, I'm not drawn like some are to stare at wreaked cars on the 405 Fwy, or homes on fire in Malibu.

No, this is different entirely. I just can't stop thinking that this is the sort of thing God made us for to support one another and show His love and mercy through. That's looking at the bright-side, but I'm not looking at this with the attempts to see the glass half-full. Rather, it simply is this tug at my center... something that keeps saying, "You want to help, because you're supposed to... it's why I made you."

Perhaps it's because I just saw "Blind Side" in the theater last week. That certainly got me thinking about the people I ignore who are in need. Maybe I'm now just ultra-sensitive because my minds been on it.

Whatever the case, I feel like I should be doing something. Using my skills for something. I can give money - and perhaps I should - but that feels... distant... like it misses the point entirely.

I feel like there's a call to action that shouldn't be ignored. I spoke before about my desires to do something great... to build computers for ministries, or use the application from my current work to support charities (how cool would that be at this given time). Maybe I should put more of my heart and time into those things so I'm not caught empty-handed in the future.

As for right now though... those things, while nice, don't help the people I keep staring at in the images on the computer and TV.