Prayers for Japan
This afternoon, as I sat there watching and reading the news about the earthquake in Japan, I cannot help but feel a sense of sadness and a certain emptiness inside. The quake measured 8.9 on the richter scale. This is no little affair even for Japan which is used to having earthquakes. I pray that there are no devastating aftershocks and that the tsunamis don't affect more people than it has already. I know it's partly wishful thinking since warnings have been issued from Russia to the US, and the Philippines, but one does have to hope for the best. We must all hope for the best. This was one catastrophic movement of the teutonic plates and somehow this past year or so, more of these catastrophic events have been occurring. I'm not sure if its just me but with the one in Haiti, New Zealand , Indonesia and South American countries, earthquakes seem to be occuring every few months. Thaila...