I have been away for a few days with no wifi. This is why I have written no posts. Sometimes it is good to get away from the news. Nothing has happened in the world that I could do anything about. Some people have to miss the news altogether or they have terrible problems worrying about it and I would recommend that those people do just that. In the days before television and radio we all got along fine without knowing what was happening until it was well and truly over. I find I can watch the news and not be upset, but actually I feel this is not a good state to be in. Obviously I have become De-sensitised to the truly awful things happening in our world, Every time I think about this I am alarmed that I can calmly watch other human beings suffering and am little moved by it, at least on the surface. Although the world is shrinking the hurricanes in the Caribbean and U.S.A. seem far away. If I am not careful I can think these things cannot happen here. It is true that the U.K. does not have hurricanes or earthquakes on the scale other countries have. Does this mean that Britain is better than elsewhere? No we certainly deserve the worst for the way we have turned our back on God. Now I am not suggesting that God is punishing anyone with hurricanes and earthquakes. These phenomena are the result of the collective sin of all humans, so along with everyone else I have a part in the responsibility for the suffering caused in the Caribbean and U.S.A. tonight. We all affect one another, are all responsible for one another. We all need to repent. God often brings good out of disaster and I pray that He will do this now. For those affected who already know Jesus as their Saviour remember, He is with you always. If you have Him you have everything. You may have lost your earthly possessions but no one can take away from you your eternal life and the glory we shall have in heaven when we meet with our dear Saviour.
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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