Being a christian isn't about being squeaky clean in your own right. It's about receiving forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ. To receive forgiveness all you have to do is ask and believe. You may find some of my posts rather hard line. Recently I have written about abortion. I realise that there are many of you out there who have had abortions and I feel for you and don't want you to feel you are beyond forgiveness, that is not the case. Sometimes we have to make very difficult choices in life and sometimes, often we get it wrong. Many of you will have regrets at your decisions in the past. Bring all your heart ache and loss and guilt to Jesus. He alone is able to forgive, but He promises He will never turn you away if you come to Him. Although what you did is wrong you may have been pressurised by society, family and friends. Whatever the circumstances, there is forgiveness to be found in 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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