Pondering the big question........

I have such a reliable internal clock and lately it has set itself to go off at 4:59 a.m.  EVERY MORNING!  It started while I was in Haiti and at first, I thought I was responding to the sounds of the city waking up.  But now that I've been home and in my own bed for a few days, it's still waking me up right before 5:00 every morning and trying to fall back asleep has been nothing but a frustrating, wasted effort.

What's the point to anything?  Do you ever wonder?  Eddy and Lucas like to watch these t.v. shows about space and time.  Last night I heard a solemn voice announcing that our sun was going to eventually run out of fuel and burn itself out, at which time it will become a red star.  And I thought, "Time is going to pass, and a billion years from now not even the important, significant people from our society will be remembered....." and I finally figured out the answer to one of life's great questions; "What really matters in life?"  The answer is, absolutely nothing! 

Or is it? 

Someone help me out here.  If you are reading this, please take the time to figure out how to post a comment.  I'm waiting to hear from you.

In the meantime.... check out this picture I took in Haiti.

People in Haiti find it significant that while the church in this photo crumbled, the cross holding up a suffering Christ remains steadfast.  A photo similar to this one has even been circulating around the internet with the subject title "Look what's still standing in Haiti".  Come on people.....  Do folks really believe that God would protect this inanimate statue while allowing hundreds of thousands of children and adults to be crushed to death?  I'm thinking a much more reasonable explanation is that the solitary cross didn't have thousands of pounds of cement sitting on top of it and so it remained uneffected.  Much like the sign post just a few yards up the street.  Oh well...... I'm still trying to make some kind of sense out of the sights I saw and the stories I heard while I was in Haiti.  Again, if you're reading this, let me know your thoughts!