Always optimism should be accompanied by a large dose of
realism. There are those who say the world is getting better and will lead to
the coming of God’s kingdom. They are
obviously wearing blinkers. Our world is
in a huge mess of our own making. Some
of us are very fortunate to live in peace and tranquillity, but this is not the
situation for the greater part of the world’s population. The kingdom of God
will only come when Jesus returns as He promised. Until then there will be trouble and strife.
Of course we should do our best to alleviate the problems others face. However who can we trust with the money we
would send to help? What people need is
Jesus and I do not want to commit my money to people who will give help for the
body but not for the soul. I know some missionaries who are doing both in Papua
New Guinea and so I give to them.
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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