In the bible it says it is better to be in the house of sorrow than in the house of laughter. This seems odd to most people. We all like to be in good company and laugh and joke together, but when the world is in turmoil, should we be laughing? Are we fiddling while Rome burns? There is a place for solemn thinking about the state of our lives before a holy God. One day we will have to meet him and give account of our lives. We need to put our trust in Jesus so that he will represent us on that day. Take time from your laughing to spend time seriously thinking about your future before God.
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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