Hurricanes
-another hurricane had raised it ugly face recently, its called 'Wilma'. it was reported in today's 'Straits Times-Singapore'. it really start me thinking on the recent string of events. starting from the Bali bombing to the 9-11 (or is it the other way round?) to the tsumani and the hurricanes.
are we facing something more than we can apprehend here? maybe the earth is indeed coming to an end?! or just like the days of the dinosures, we are facing a tremendous change in the structure of the earth that is threatening our existent?! if it is really so what can we mere human do?
we might be able to retard the rate of all these happening by declaring war against the terrorist, catch them and jail or kill them all but we know there are so many that its impossible to get them all. we can promote recycling and reduce waste and the use of harmful chemical to prevent the ozone layer's hole from getting wider. but these are simply prolonging the 'birth pain'. do i then suggest we let things be and simply wait to die? NO NO NO...
at this point i have no answer to these questions of mine. (i bet the UN poeple are thinking of the solutions to all these too) as i am typing this something came rushing into my mind - that the only power we have as human that is above all things is Prayer. Prayer doesn't means that God will heal everything back to the prime old times but it means that GOd will be merciful in His dealing with us. 'His will be done on earth as in Heaven'.
as i was searching on the topic of hurricanes in the internet, i realised that areas affected by the recent tsumani and the hurricanes are still rebuilding themselves. money, food and water are still no enough while new events keep piling up, diverting all the much needed resources to other 'acute' areas. *sigh* if these continue... i can't imagine how things will turn out to be... (thank God i am living in the geographically blessed-Singapore). then on 1 msn search i come across a website- ABC news original report 'Most Say God Was Not Factor in Hurricanes' A New ABC News/Washington Post Poll Shows Majority of Americans Don't Blame Hurricanes on God or Global Warming http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1174220&page=1
all these reading are very interesting and thoughts provoking. i read in a devotion guide last night and it said something along the line of 'only when we had learnt to let go of God's blessings and seek only for His pressence then can we say we had really laid hold of His ultimate gift for us.' chiam leh? but i agree with it. =)
2 comments:
I am rather surprised at the results in the survey perhaps people in the west do not consider what is happening in the physical realm to be linked with spiritual realm. If the earth is showing birth pains such as these, isn;t is a sign that something has happen and declaring something in the spiritual realm? Doesn' everything that happen happen as a whole?
I don't know but for me it is easy to think that if God is the ruler of the universe then he is GOd of the weather surely also, he won't do anything without a purpose in mind right? =P Just 'me'-u know who and my nuisance.
i know who and i wonder why you had stop using your name?
i agree with you on the comment. we are living in a very interesting and exciting time isn't it? in the comfort of our homes we are witnessing the change in the physical and sensing the spiritual 'push'.
now lets wait and see if there will be an emerging peace treaty among the countries.
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