early morning ramblings

i'm up early this morning. hit by a text message that left me thinking so much there was no way i was getting any more sleep. "pray for xxxx and xxxx NOW" the text said. my mind was racing...i started texting back without regard for time. my heart is slowly breaking as i imagine the worst case scenario. i got online hoping i received an email from her, and bam. front page news. japan's largest earthquake in history, an 8.9 that caused a devastating tsunami killing at least 32. hm, 32 people; moms, brothers, grandparents....children. okay, God...i get the hint...today is obviously a day to hit my prayer closet harder than normal. i just received word that my friend is okay. but what about the 32 people dead in japan. are they okay? because they're still alive. either in Heaven or in hell. they're either so at rest right now, or in bitter torment for eternity. what a heavy thought to have. when the haiti earthquake struck, and thousands upon thousands were dead, one of the first things i said to my friend as tears were rolling down my face was "how many people are in hell now because of this?" what an inspiration for me to stop acting like hell isn't a real place, and that many people around me daily aren't headed there. hell is not only for the evil who have turned from God, but also the good hearted ones who think that being a "good" person is enough to get you into Heaven. Jesus said HE is the "Way, the Truth, and the Life. no man comes to the Father except by me." oh dear God, as someone once prayed, i never want to be a reason people stay out of heaven and don't believe. my prayer is the same for you if you're a believer, don't ever give any one a reason to doubt that your God isn't real and isn't Creator and isn't all powerful, because He is. He is everything. now how do we tell this to the japanese people who have lost all of their hope? to my friend, who may have lost all of her hope?