Am I the only one feeling that there is an unusually high number of tragic things happening these days, or do you feel it too?

Yesterday in San Diego an explosion occurred in the mechanical room of the new and still "under construction" Hilton hotel. While the explosion seemed huge (it shook the ground like a small earthquake) thank God that only a small number of people, 14, were injured. While watching this story on the news yesterday, the story was interrupted to report a fatal traffic accident just miles up the road from the hotel, then intterrupted again to report an arrest of a local school teacher caught in sexual misconduct with a student.

Of course this news comes on the heals of watching tornadoes rip through the midwest, earthquakes tearing down China and a cyclone devastating much of Burma (and the list goes on I know).

These sort of things are hard to understand. Why must people suffer? Why do bad things happen? How does God fit into all of this? Truthfully, I don't think I have great answers to these sorts of questions. But I do know my heart hurts when I see and experience trajedy. Further, such things don't cause me to question my faith or God, but compels me to action. I want to help...I pray more.

These things have again reminded me about how much I believe in the do what's right movement (this is more than a plug). We are surrounded by tragedy. Innundated with bad news. See hurt all around. And we could simply sit around and complain. We could talk about all that is going wrong. Or...we could do something. Something right. We could act. Maybe it would make the news. Maybe things could turn around. Hurts healed. Wrongs made right. Bad news turned good. Tragedy being redeemed. That's my hope and prayer.

And along the way, many of my prayers are with and for the people around the world that still hurt.