Father God,
I come to you tonight sick at heart over the tragedy in Asia. I don't even know where to start my prayer, God. So many dead, without any warning.
I can't wrap my head around the enormity of it.
Be with them, Daddy. Comfort them in their grief, and their anxiety. Shelter them with your mighty love, and rouse the world on their behalf, to come to their aid.
Let the waves wash away the differences between us all, Lord God, and remind us that we are all, first and foremost, human beings living on the same planet.
Your children are grieving, Lord. Help us to help them. Show us how to be your hands. Embolden us with your unending love for all people, and let it shine forth in this dark hour.
In Jesus' most holy name I pray,
Amen
9.0 earthquake in Sumatra spawns tsunamis. Over 11,000 dead, so far. Worst quake since Alaska 1964.
Yahoo News article
Kevin McCullough's blog Excerpt:
A seismologist has already reviewed the data on the quakes...and this is the sum of what he found...
1. Magnitude was 8.9...Occurred off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra
- 155 miles south/southeast of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
- 200 miles west of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
- 780 miles south/southwest of Bangkok, Thailand
- 1000 miles northwest of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
2. The depth of the quaked ran 6.2 miles deep
3. Death reports in - 2,200 killed in Sri Lanka, 1,600 dead in India, 700 dead in Indonesia, 420 dead in Thailand, 29 in Malaysia, 2 in Bangladesh.
4. The earthquake's main damage was the creation of huge Tsunamis.
5. It spawned 7.0 aftershocks throughout the region.
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