Every now and then the world seems on the brink of disaster with
different world powers posturing against one another and danger seems
imminent. The truth is we are always on
the brink but make ourselves a cozy bed in denial. Many of us are cushioned by
being in a less danger situation at least close to home. For us disaster is something remote in the
Mediterranean where migrants drown because their boats are not sea worthy. We
say, “Poor things.” And turn back to our comfortable lives. But the biggest
danger we face, no matter where we come from is danger from God. We are all sinners having inherited this
problem from our first father and mother Adam and Eve. If we think about God at all we may try to
please him with the good deeds we do.
But the problem is God requires us to be absolutely perfect!! He knows
that is impossible for us if left to ourselves and so in His kindness and mercy
He sent Jesus to die on the cross so that absolutely any of us who put our trust
in Him will be saved from God’s anger and be clothed with that necessary
perfection. How great is our God!! Once
your eternal destiny is sorted you can face anything in this life because you
know there is a better one to come. It
doesn’t make living easy but it puts it into perspective.
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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