Rescuing the Refugees and Sin

I just read a news report about the refugees and how New Orleans is chaos. It is just so sad. The rescue efforts have had to be stopped until they can get the city under control. They can't evacuate anymore people because of all of the threats from people carrying guns. It saddens me because I know the dire need these people have to be pulled out of that mess, but the violence is preventing rescue workers from getting in.

How sad that the sinful human heart is what is preventing them from being saved. I can't even imagine what those people are going through, and I am praying for them constantly. Even so, I can see a similarity in our hearts concerning salvation. The sin in our hearts prevents us from the salvation we desperately need in Jesus. If Jesus hadn't touched our eyes so that we could see and be freed from our sin in Him, we would surely be doomed to destruction. In the same way the military will come and touch their eyes by forcing order so that they can be evacuated and reach safety.

This is such a sad time for our country. And it is hard to see so plainly the wickedness in men's hearts as revealed by this disaster.