a little piper

from a piper devotional just recently read. written after the tsunami. applicable for any tragedy:

the point of every deadly calamity is this: repent. let our hearts be broken that God means so little to us. grieve that he is a whipping boy to be blamed for pain, but not praised for pleasure. lament that he makes headlines only when man mocks his power, but no headlines for ten thousand days of wrath withheld. let us rend our hearts that we love life more than we love Jesus Christ. let us cast ourselves on the mercy of our Maker. He offers it through the death and resurrection of his Son.

see luke 13:4-5 for a biblical reference.