God is a loving parent to us. He wants to keep us safe and away from trouble, but sometimes he takes us through trouble to make us strong to do his will. If you have a little child who runs towards danger you do not talk to him gently, you rush forward and grab him roughly to save him from disaster. The little child thinks its parent has been unkind to it and doesn't understand the danger it has been saved from. It is just like that with us and God. He is a loving parent who wants to rescue us. We go after poison fruit but he pulls us back. Tell me if you have had an experience like that.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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