Have you noticed how once the hospital gets its hands on you for one thing then very soon you are visiting there for other things? Back in the Autumn I had eye surgery which was all completed in October, but tomorrow I am visiting the orthopaedic department as I have a finger that sticks. Then on Wednesday I have to go there to be fitted with a blood pressure device which I will wear for twenty-four hours and return again on Thursday to have it removed so that they can process the information. Of course it is not the hospitals fault and I am very grateful to have their care. I guess having just had another birthday gives the game away. An old aunt used to say,"Old age don't come alone." I try to trat these vagaries of age as interesting. One think I truly believe is that my Heavenly Father is in control of each situation I face as is working all things for His glory and my eternal welfare.
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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