In the West we pride ourselves on being democratic. I can
only speak about Britain. Recently we
had a referendum in which the majority voted to leave Europe. This obviously should mean that we leave
Europe. However for all the talk of “Brexit
means brexit” very little appears to have changed. It would not surprise me in the least if
slowing the process and double dealing end in a Brexit which is unrecognisable
from what the people intended to happen. Of course democracy is an ideal which
is not totally realisable. As they say
whoever you vote for you always get the Government. In recent years the political parties have
been very like each other and so there is no effective opposition. I’m glad my
trust is in Jesus, as governments can never be totally trusted. If I didn’t know that God reigns and is in
complete control of all things I would be a very worried woman.
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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