Today I read the twenty third Psalm at a funeral. How fascinating that this is 3000 years old and still brings comfort today. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want." Is He your shepherd? Then you can trust Him to take care of you no matter what life brings your way either good or bad. He knows your every circumstance and will be beside you, to help and comfort. Life can look very black with illness or bereavement but He knows it all and if you trust Him He will bring you through it all and lead you into green pastures and then to heaven to share eternity with Him.
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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