We like to laugh and not to cry, but the Bible says it is
better to live in the house of sorrow than in the house of laughter. So often we get things the wrong way around
and think good is bad and bad is good. We love the good times when all is going
well for us, but do they make us think of God?
There is nothing like a dose of hardship or difficulty to make us turn
to God who alone can help us. Yes He
gives us the good times too, but it is then that we tend to wander from Him and
think we have got things well worked out for ourselves. Next time troubles come
turn to God at once and He will be with you through them no matter how long
they last.
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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