What Do You Believe Is the Real Meaning of Present Disasters?

[Pearls of Wisdom]

World Wide Disasters Are Befalling Mankind

 

        Wars and rumors of wars, famine and locusts in the land, natural disasters from tsunamis, earthquakes, levee-shattering hurricanes that hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, flooding, ice-cap melting, tornadoes striking and shattering homes and buildings, record snow falls and snow drifts, rock slides, changes in the natural food chain -- beginning with the erosion of pollination by the disruption of the bee life patterns, pending extinctions in the animal kingdom -- we could go on and on.  Surely this is enough to shatter everyone's confidence and cast shadows of impending doom upon the populace.   Truly reminiscent of Amagedon and Last Judgement descriptors, found in the pages of Revelation.   Surely it is enough to get the attention of the every-day man and woman.  Strangely enough some misguided statements from the ministerial elite such as Dr. Pat Robinson of CBN noteriety crediting the wrath of God upon Haiti due to its nonreligious practices appears to reek of disowned prejudice, while at the same time attaching nary a reference of any type as the cause of all the equal disasters that followed suit in South America, Asia, and all across the United States in one way or another.  This seems inconsistent in my way of thinking.  Yet there are many different messages that the true Christian might read into these troublesome times. 

 

       It might goad us to take better stock of our lives and our faith walk.  It might strike fear in our hearts that the end-times are approaching.  It might cause us to believe that mankind has failed in its interpretation of the society in which we live.  We see our world literally crumbling around us.  What is our true response?  Is  it simply another opportunity for mankind to change the world as we know it?  Is it possible for man to help bring God's Kingdom here on earth?

 

      So what thoughts have you developed as a result of these unsettling events?

 

      May the Holy Spirit guide us all in our thinking, questioning, pondering, understanding and enlightenment.   May God bless you as you respond.

[Pearls of Wisdom]

Heavenly Father,

Lord we love You. Please forgive any of our faults as a society and as individuals. Lord we tremble and shake our faith at times of grave danger and disaster, whether felt personally or witnessed in the lives of others. We pray dearly and deeply for all those who have experienced tragedies in their lives in the past few years. Lord we seem to see one thing following closely behind another until we can hardly catch our breath. Lord help us to become immune to the tragic affect these occurrences have upon our conscience and consciousness. If we feel the hurt and pain of others, please allow us to do whatever we can to alleviate these effects wherever we can. We must remain strong and humble, kind and loving, and helpful in leading others to Thy Kingdom regardless of what transpires here upon the earth. Lord, keep us ever looking upward to Thee and lead us in the Way Everlasting. Amen.