I purposefully waited to write about Haiti until a few weeks after the tragic earthquakes. I write now because I am afraid that though there are still hundreds of thousands in need, the sentiment is that Haiti is "Old News". That bothers me but does not suprise me. I know we live in a world where fads garner 15 minutes of fame before being replaced by the next big thing. Yet, isn't life more than jumping from fad to fad, waiting until we expire? Maybe this is part of the reason we still have people in Indonesia who haven't recoved from a tsunami that happened in 2004. Or people in New Orleans who are still in disaray following hurricane Katrina in 2005.

As we look at the example of Jesus in scripture, we find someone who was focused and on mission. Jesus' mission was not something to kill time until the next thing came along. Rather Jesus' mission drove him to the cross. For our lives, I'm confident that God has a mission. It's one that is likely to outlast the latest fad. Our job is to discern that mission and then let it direct our paths. So, find your mission, respond to the call, and give glory to God. Only then will we find life that has outgrown the tragedies we face in this world.