If you answer with a bold "Yes!" I am inclined to doubt you. At least admit that it wavers sometimes. Jesus said that all it takes is for you to have a little faith and that will see you through. He will encourage that faith like a mustard seed until it grows to tree size. I want to encourage the ones who have that little faith. It is unassuming and doesn't look for praise. Similarly He will not quench the smoking flax, but will blow on it till it glows red. No matter how you trip up and fall He is there to pick you up and put you back on the road to heaven.If that little bit of faith you have is in Him He will never desert you or send you away. He who is faithful has promised. "He will never leave you or forsake you. Or as my translation goes, "There is no way I would ever leave you, there is no way I would ever forsake you," The Greek is strongly emphatic. Apologies to those of you who love your King James Bible, I love it too and was brought up on it.
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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