world aids days...

here are some stats that i have come across today as i've been aware that today is world aids day...

TODAY 40,000,000 people are living with aids
as of TODAY 20,000,000 people have died of aids
500,000 children were diagnosed with aids in 2005
3,000,000 people were diagnosed with aids in 2005
the aids crisi in sub-saharan africa is the worst crisis the world has ever seen...worse than the holocaust...worse than any hurricane...worse than war
in sub-saharan africa, there is a 50/50 chance that babies will be born with aids...1 out of every 2

so these stats aren't new to me today...i've heard them before...and i guess there's nothing special about today...except that the world is willing to pay attention today...the president speaks on tv today about the aids crisis...today is a day to AT THE VERY LEAST think about those victims...today is a day to do something...

i'm one of those people that connects with this...i connect emotionally...i connect in a sense that i want to do something...i connect in a sense that i dont want to be someone who does nothing...someone who just does through life consuming while others are dying...i connect in a sense that i am willing to financially committ...

but i still feel like i need to do more...i need to spiritually connect...i have worked hard to politically, financially, and emotionally connect...but today i realize that i have not spiritually connected...i have not prayed...i have not spoken enough in spiritually settings...

today i pray for victims of aids...i pray for all of sub-saharan africa...i pray for these helpless children...i pray for relief...i pray in faith that my God hears and cares...i pray in faith that my God is bigger than 40,000,000 victims... i pray in faith that my God, in his everlasting goodness, will help us all understand and care...

today...all day...i will pray