There is nothing wrong with wanting to drag oneself out of
poverty. We are told to support our
families by our efforts. How can anyone blame someone, who wants a better life
than the one they have, when that is a life of real poverty. What is wrong is
that we should make this aim in our life more important than loving God and
putting Him first in our lives. There is
a price to pay for turning our backs on God, it’s called Hell, whether we find
it in this life or the next. God requires us to love Him completely, but we can
only do this in Jesus who has made it possible for us to be received into God’s
kingdom if we trust in Jesus alone for our salvation. Whoever you are, from whatever your culture
and background if you will come to Jesus and ask for His salvation you are
guaranteed that He will accept you. “Whosoever
believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
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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