A Little Good News...

OK we all know about Hurricane Katrina. I've given up a good percentage of my grocery money from next week's budget & gave it to the Salvation Army. I can't travel there to help, so money was the best I could do.

The scenes are sad, devastating and makes me so thankful for the few things I have on this Earth. It's not much, but it's mine and right now I have it in my possession. It's going to take months for clean up and rebuilding in Louisiana and Mississippi. People's lives have been changed forever. I pray for them and their families and lives. I hope that God has mercy on them.

But I came across this story today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050904/sc_afp/usweatherzoo_050904225204

It's almost a promise of hope to me...that no matter how bad things are, there's still life among the dead. I thought so often over this last week about the animals. I thought a lot about homeless people too. "What happened to them? I hope they are OK...." crossed my mind more than once. I think that whenever I hear of natural disasters like this. I know God works in mysterious ways, but to me, animals don't deserve that kind of wrath. Neither do people, but at least we have the brains and sense to know what's coming and to get out of it's path if we are able. I for one am glad that the storm has passed. There's a lot of work to be done on all parts in the efforts to rebuild and refacilitate. I intend to do what I can from my location here in AZ.

Let the healing and mending begin.