The news lately has been bothering me, there's very little good news these days,
- a doctor drowns while diving, - a man is in a coma because he was struck by lightning while he was golfing, - a suicide bomb kills 100s in Baghdad, bombings in Pakistan that kill women and children, - a place called Rayong south-east of Bangkok that has seen so much industrialization that the cancer rates and suicide rates are so much higher than the average in the country, and drinking water is contaminated with metals and chemicals... .
- cyclones and floods, earthquake victims and destruction...
Life is so fragile, and unpredictable, this old cliche will never grow old, do we know what happens tomorrow, whether you be rich or poor death can come unannounced.
Are natural disasters an act of God or the wrath of God. Is it meant to be a renewal or punishment, we ask these questions ironically. Yet here man is also chipping away at that already fragile surface, adding to all that, the wrath of man and callousness of man, so eager to hasten death of life and death of the earth. Sometimes I think God is trying to wrestle back control.
Is there a balance, it all seems to be weighted in favour of disaster. Can we tip the scales then, it's upto the rest of us then to plead for and save the earth.
It was the same question I asked in my earlier post 'oh shut it off', Can we change all, by prayers, doing it in one voice at one time, let's say a prayer to God to save our earth.
ReplyDeleteThen again, as scripture goes, it will end, and Christ will come again.
Your post reminds of a poem I had written long time ago when I was in school...
ReplyDeleteWe need to work to save the earth.
It's sad isn't it when so many more are in a position to do more for those who can't, and yet they don't bother. Women should rule the world.. things always get done in the home, they would get done if we did the housekeeping for the planet.
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I like that last one.. hmmm there's an idea there!!
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