It's all very well for me to tell you not to be afraid, but what do I do about fear? I am just an ordinary Christian woman and often I give in to fear and let it walk all over me. I should not do this, but I do. Fear grips me tight and I have to fight hard to put it in its place. If we believe God is our Father and caring for us every single minute we surely do not need to fear. We need to remind ourselves of the Father's love. Indeed we may have to go through very difficult times, but He is with us all the way. So don't imagine that I am some sort of super Christian who is always trusting as I should, but I do come back again and again to rest in God's love and faithfulness
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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