When the money is short we economise by eating less. This could improve our health. We cut our heating and the germs are killed. We can't afford to go out, so we spend more time with our families, eating together at home. If the electricity is off all our gadgets are useless, so we engage in conversation instead. Most important of all we look toward God and find in him everything we need. Austerity may bring you the greatest blessing ever.
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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