You may live in a country where there are serious troubles;people taking sides and ready to fight. A christian's destiny is not rooted in this life but in the next. We are not here for our own pleasure, we are servants of our Lord. We are fighting a spiritual battle. Satan likes to scare us to make us back down. When we feel this fear we need to turn our eyes to Jesus and remember that he has our destiny in his care and although this life may be difficult we are safe for eternity and this world can do us no lasting harm. In Jesus we are safe for ever. Sometimes we suffer from an illness or die a painful death. I always think what a waste of a death that is when we could die for our Lord. Of course there is part of me that is really scared of dying for my faith, but what an honour it would be. Maybe you are facing that situation. If so my brother, my sister be proud to die for your Lord. Just a short time of pain and then you will find him waiting for you.
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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