Has it really been six months since I've posted on here? Enough with that...
I cannot imagine what it must be like if I was me in my life living in Japan today. The earthquake that rocked the eastern coast of that country was like something out of a science fiction film. Devastation. Loss. Hopelessness. Fear. Fatality. All words that if placed in my life right now, I really don't know how I would handle it. I would hope, after regaining my composure, I would lift my eyes to the Heavens and thank my God I am still alive. My strength and resolve comes from Him alone and boy would I ever need it! So many people, even believers, ask "why would a loving God do this to His people?" All I can think is that we are not all His people. Those who are and lost their lives in the quake are now sitting at His Right Hand. Those who weren't, chose that path. Sad. Heartbreaking. I really believe that great tragedies are God's way of allowing us to spread His message of hope and the Good News which is the Salvation that comes from Jesus Christ. I believe it gives us believers the chance, the obligation, to share His message and with that, oh boy, God's glory is gonna shine through!
This was my status update on facebook this morning:
I've read conversations that always seem to arise after disasters like these happen and how bleak our futures look. As believers, it should remind us of how close we are to someday meeting our Father in Heaven. That type of comfort is what we need to be sharing and the plan of salvation with those who don't know it yet. Disasters at their worst are inevitably a promotion to glory for us who choose to follow Christ. Praying for God's glory to shine through this tragedy.
Psalms 46 assures us:
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Just pray. He already knows what you want to say, even when you can't find the words.
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