Our Lord warned us we would have troubles in this life. So often we are taken off guard and disappointed by what happens, but we have been warned. We try to make this world our home when we should be realizing that our home is in heaven. Here we are just passing through. We cannot expect to get comfortable when we are on a journey, full of mishaps. We are to set out sights on heaven. There we shall have perfect peace at last and joy immeasurable. Meantime we are an army on the march and should not expect feather pillows. We are in the biggest war ever. The war is won but we are in the midst of skirmishes which we must pass through before we gain heaven, won for us by Jesus on the cross.
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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