Are you in deep sorrow because a loved one is terminally ill? Then this will be a very difficult time for you, but you need to realize that we are all terminally ill. From the moment we are conceived we are on a journey towards death. However our fate is not in the hands of the doctors and medical staff. Although we appreciate their knowledge and care, ultimately we are in God's hands alone. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and only God knows all the intricacies of our bodies. If the total number of things about our bodies was three billion the doctors know about 150 of those things, but God knows them all. Jesus the good shepherd has us in His care. He died for the sheep and if He has called us and we are His He will keep us in His care. He is the only one who can decide when we leave this life and go to Him. Paul spoke about wanting to leave this life and be with Christ which is far better, but he also wanted to stay in this life because he felt he was needed to help his fellow believers. Many terminally ill people go on to live far longer than the doctors have predicted. Our time is in God's hands. Pour out your heart to God for your loved one and trust Him for the result. For those who trust in Jesus a glorious future spreads out before them to at last be in the glorious presence of their Lord. Surely you do not want to hold them back from that.
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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