What a wreck!

Me. I am. A wreck.
Heavy hearted for much.

Yesterday:
Read news story of slain family after father lost his job. The economy is getting worse and worse. More people losing employment. Many suffering.
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Praying for Alicia's friend, with 3 kids, including a 6 week old nursing baby, who mysteriously wound up in the hospital very, very ill and her husband may find himself out of work soon.
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Saw this picture on Jody's blog:
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Woman ahead of me in line to check out at Wal Mart shared that she was buying Valentine's decorations to put on their Christmas tree. Why is their tree still up, you might ask? Her husband of 25 years, the love of her life is at home dying of cancer. He can't move much. Is in pain. Would like to look at some pretty decorations during his last days on earth and she is there to buy them. For him. She hates cancer. I hate it for her.
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Saw Ted Haggard on Oprah. Felt deeply sad for their family. Deeply inspired by his wife and children. I know some terrible things were done, the pain caused and deception was very real, but my heart ached for the price they have paid. It is steep. He has helped many and that is also very real. I could relate to his words about his internal struggle. Not with the same issues he deals with, but with the nature of sinfulness itself. We all sin and fall short of the glory of God. We are all hypocrites from time to time to one extent or another. Praying for them and for the church. (I have no desire or energy to debate this. Please, please, I am asking on this one if you disagree to keep it to yourself. Or talk about it with someone else. I kindly thank you.)
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On Courtney's blog this morning:

"joel, jess and little cora.
i don't know them.
a friend of mine does.

they took their sweet little girl to the doctor last week - because her ear infections didn't seem to be getting better.
24 hours later (and lots of tests, etc), she was diagnosed with cancer in her kidney and liver.
she's had multiple surgeries since then.
and started chemo last night.

i can't stop thinking about them.
and hugging my own kids a little tighter.

just pray."

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What if this were you, or me?

Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Lord, please comfort your people.