Why is Christmas such a dreadful time of the year for some people, that they commit suicide? It's a time that seems to promise all the joys of family life and yet there are many people who have grown away from their other family members, either on purpose or by accidents of life. Christmas has turned into a horribly money grubbing time of year.
But Christmas is really about the wonder of God coming down to our world as a human baby. It is the beginning of the years of service and teaching of our Lord Jesus, which led to his sacrifice on Calvary where He died to forgive the sins of all who will believe in Him. Reach out to Him today and accept His forgiveness and you will find that He is the only family you really need.
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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