Sometimes when a good person dies in a disaster it is God taking them out of a situation that is going to get worse. Some good has been found in them and they are being spared a worsening situation. If you look up 1 King 14 you will find this was the case with Abijah. He was the only one of his family to die peacefully, because there had been some good found in him by God. If we put our trust in Jesus we will not only have some good, but in fact, perfection; when we are clothed with Christ's robe of righteousness.
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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