Yesterday’s post was a rambling mess. I reread it this morning and thought, “I should have slept on that.” It needed a lot of editing and I could have pared several paragraphs off to make it concise. I was just too tired to do it.
I am truly concerned about the people of Japan, probably more than I am concerned with any other demographic of human crisis at the moment. We all have our “pets” and I will always have a soft spot for Japan.
I could do a whole “apologetics” post here, but I’d mess it up and I don’t have the heart or energy to try to edit something that massive. I love God. I believe in His Majesty, His Divine creativity, His love for mankind and this tiny planet in a huge Universe, and His compassion for the individual. I believe He loved me when I still hated Him (and all of His followers). And it is that passion that drove me to write what I wrote yesterday.
I am just sorry I left perfectionism at the door and hit “Publish” before editing the heck out of that essay. It looks like a windstorm plowed through and gathered thoughts before dumping them into paragraphs. It looks like the street out beside our house after yesterday’s wind-and-thunderstorms.
SO: note to self. EDIT EDIT EDIT. Sleep on it and EDIT, especially when trying to write about something I feel passionately about.
And please – do not repost that stupid video of that stupid, silly, naive girl celebrating that she prayed in death & destruction on Japan. She did no such thing and even if she had prayed that way, God would have ignored her. He set plate tectonics in motion when He founded the earth and He is no respecter of persons. If rain is going to fall, it’s going to fall on everyone.
End of story.
P.S. Thank you for all the comments on Facebook. Apparently I hit a nerve with a lot of people even though I was ranting out of control.
P.S.S. Has anyone ever researched Shintoism? My favorite theory is that one of the Lost Tribes of Israel settled in Japan.
OK. I will shut up now. I’m going to press the Publish button.
Jaci Dawn 
Jaci, I liked your Japan post. It said all the things I also feel. I too was very surprised when after the disaster, someone on an internet list I belong to posted “what goes around, comes around”. I do have to realize that this person is from WWII time and was in that war. And though I have uncles and a father that were also from that era that were forever effect by this war, it is not that same. But, my father lost a brother to that war and his sister lived the rest of her life with a husband with PTSS yet neither one wish any ill upon Japan and also feel sorrow for what they are going through. I guess we all just process things differently. And my father and aunt are also strong Christians, guess might factor in also.
Anyway, now I’m rambling. Just had to say that I too feel just heart sick for what Japan is going through even though I have no ties at all to this country.