my heart is broken.
hearing about how badly my friends in kenya have been affected by a deadly combination of extended drought and a global food crisis, i have been stricken by how distant my attentions have been.
i had forgotten. i had lost touch with reality.

just after praying for the Spirit to empower me to do something about it, i looked out the window at work and saw a rainbow. 'not one of the promises of God has ever failed'.

but, i couldn't help but think that it's hard to be comforted by the promise of a rainbow when the rain clouds never come, and the promise of provision is hard to hold on to and hope for.

but i remember my friends. and i know that they would rebuke my lack of faith. they are so faithful.

but i also know that they would be losing hope. i don't think they'd be doubting God. just losing motivation and energy to change things. i pray so hard that they don't.