Being in denial can be a very cosy place to be, but can be dangerous. Anxiety can come upon you like the flu. You may have your life sorted, be fully trusting in Jesus and yet be afflicted by anxiety. Don't beat yourself up for being anxious. Jesus tells us to cast all our anxieties on him, so he knows we will get them, we are not letting him down by being anxious, it is what we do next that matters, that is to take all our anxieties to him and let him deal with them.
When in denial we will never cast our cares on Jesus and will cosily treat the downwards path to Hell. Anxiety is our best friend if it leads us to Jesus.
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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