Isn't this just like God? To take the same thing that did this (notice the piece of a house):
and create this:
I've always said that stepping off the plane in Haiti is like breathing again. I know that doesn't make sense because of all the sufferings that inhabit this country compared with all the wealth of my home. But this paradox seems to be all over Haiti.One of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen is the mountains of Haiti from the air. You can see every crack and crevice on every mountainside. There are no trees to hide the beauty of the terrain, because it has been ravaged by deforestation. But it's not just beautiful in spite of the deforestation, it's beautiful because of the deforestation. God used the devastation of man to create beauty.
If you drive down any major road in any major city in Haiti on any given day you will notice hundreds upon hundreds of people sitting in front of their houses or congregating on street corners. When I first saw this, the thought that came in my western mind was "we need to get these people jobs." But then I noticed that they weren't desperate for work, they weren't begging for hand-outs, they weren't sick, and they weren't starving. Oh sure, many people in Haiti are in a desperate situation, but these people were talking and laughing and generally having a better time and living a better life than if they had been working a job. So, again, God uses a horrible thing--80% underemployment--and creates beauty out of it. I love the culture of Haiti, not in spite of the underemployment, but because of it.
--just like God.
