Hmmnnn, should we just pray for these people or do something about it? That's the choice I see in disaster situations. I'm speaking as the church as a whole, not individual actions. I like to remind those who tell us that God's plan isn't for us to know, that some of this mysterious plan is obvious. There are senior citizens who are going to die from this heat. There are families who are too poor to help their senior family members. They are going to live with a lot of guilt. Wow, nice plan.

That's a real response. I just wrote in my http://livenotonevil.blogspot.com/ blog that Christians are more or less taught by the church to NOT take responsibility and to "trust God" to do it FOR them. They don't even take responsibility for their own weaknesses and consequences of their own behavior but call it an "attack by the enemy" as if they are REALLY that important that an "nearly omnipotent" being such as the Devil is "after them"...sheesh...really.

They may really think that praying for others will really help them and even SAVE THEM when taking them food, water or giving them a ride to a shelter to cool down and stay safe would be the "more christian" thing to do!!!

Thanks for the reply Zomberina; spot on...