Today I am going to tell you what I did this day. When you read the things I write about God and His Son Jesus I think perhaps you might like to know what sort of person I am. Today I enjoyed the first part of one of my birthday presents. A kind friend had arranged for me to have a Russian lesson. Instead of struggling to grasp the pronunciation and grammar I have been hearing on the internet, I now had a real person who could gently correct me and stop me developing bad habits. I found it difficult to think that I had got things wrong but sure enough when I returned home I put on the Bible passage I had been learning to read and I could immediately hear how right my teacher had been. I am now looking forward to my next lesson, next week. My teacher also said how beneficial it would be if I could find a fluent Russian speaker who would give me practice. Apparently there is somewhere online where you can offer something for something. I could offer piano lessons or crotchet lessons in exchange for Russian conversation.
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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