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Steve Crook:
Yeah, chrissie, "ANYWAY". Lol, that is exactly how I feel. I bet you've had time to think about things since Katrina? My thoughts are with all sorts of folks in various conditions, and the Katrina victims are included.

I, too, think it would be "worse" to be in a country like that than be hit by a "natural disaster" of any sort. At least with a disaster such as Katrina, you don't expect it to happen to you again, or at least a person might think it is a rare possibility at best. With the rape, etc., that we have been discussing, I think as humans it would be much harder to work out in our minds because it is coming from our fellow man, and continues to happen at our fellow man's will. Of course, we are all blessed to know it is the Lord's Will, but before we all were shown a little truth, we would have blamed the men doing it to us too.

I occasionally get a huge feeling to "want" to just help those folks who need the most encouragement, but I also know unless the Lord works it out according to His Will, then it is vanity for me to act on those actions. I just wish I could share my peace with others who could surely use it...

My prayers are with you and yours chrissie.

God Bless

chrissiela:
Thank you Steve,

I agree with you.... I think it is probably 'easier' emotionally to handle a natural disaster, even one that results in the loss of life or limb then it is to handle such a loss at the hands of another person. We would all like to think that we as 'humans' are capable of 'better'... that we are given brains to 'reason' with and hearts to 'feel' with and that we can have compassion one for another. That we can 'choose' and that we WOULD 'choose' NOT to harm others and that we would treat others with kindness and respect and as we would want to be treated. You would THINK, huh?  :cry:

I wouldn't say, though, that it is useless to even think that we can reach out and make a difference... maybe to only one person. But if that is God's will then I am sure that His will will be done. And look how many people DO just that..... reach out to people that they don't even know and have nothing in common with and 'owe' nothing to.

Of all the men, women and children who die for lack of food.... SOME are saved from starvation by the reaching out of others. Unfortunately, though, such help does not reach all. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try, if compelled to do so and are able. And the LEAST that we can do is remember them and their suffering in our prayers... and pray that those who can and are able to DO something about it will answer the call (God willing) when we can't.

I have suffered a few things in my life, including the loss of my infant daughter, Jenni, 5 years ago. But even that pales in comparison to the suffering that many in this life endure day in and day out. In comparison I am SO BLESSED and I surely do know it and am GRATEFUL to the Lord for it.  

Thank you for your prayers,
Chrissie

Becky:
thank you all for your words that i have read this morning... it really and truely makes me think good and hard about the blessings in my life.

I can't help but think that those poor suffering people are not real... and that they are safe at home somewhere, but i know that is not the truth :(

I had a long talk with my husband last night about reality.  He is looking back at his past as something that he wishes could happen again.  He wishes he could hang out with his old highschool friends the same way that he used to....  i had to remind him that life is ever changing and that each new experience is just as good as the past ones.... or in the case of suffering, as my mom always said :this too in time shall pass.

I was thinking about pain and death the other night and i hoped that when i experience death that it would be over so fast that i wouldn't feel it.

My husband told me about a car accident where a lady was at a stop sign waiting to cross trafic when a man hit her from behind, sending her out into oncoming traffic... a truck driver hit her so fast that she couldn't have know what hit her!..  I was in shock thinking about how she was just minding her own business, when bam she was hit... and then killed... Life is so fragile ... it can chage drastically so fast...
and you all are right, Americans are so 'well preserved' it seems... grocery stores around every corner, medical attention, advancements in technology that keep us young and healthy.... unfortunately , it is a curse: feeling that you are indestructable... and that it's "not fair" if you don't have "heaven on earth". My husband was saying that everyone will have a lifelong freind..... I said"where is that a law??  that is a lie! not all people have that blessing and it is not promised us." I told him that I could say that i expect that i wont get wrinkly and saggy but it WILL (God willing) happen.  I told him that life is not a pleasure trip for us to get everything we want... our perfect house, health, love, friendship, job etc... I said that that is a delusion that we Americans especially have a hard time with..  Life is work.. there is a much larger purpose than pleasing ourselves....


rambling thoughts.... sorry... you all made me think though  :oops:

shibboleth:
When I was about 12 years old, I read a book by Anne Frank. It was a book about a Jewish girl who lived, in hiding, above a spice factory during WW2.
The Nazis eventualy found out about the family and they were taken to concentration camps. Anne's father was the only member of the family to survive. The book has spawned 2 movies and is still a popular read.
Corrie Ten Boom and her family were put into concentration camp for hiding Jews. Corrie was the only one to survive.
I have read many books about the concentration camps in WW2. I have also read many books about the people who lived through that period and how their lives were changed. Why some lived and others died, I haven't a clue.
Did you know there were a number of attempts to kill Hitler? Yet everyone of them failed. This is the first time I knew God was sovereign. Why wasn't Hitler killed in at least one of these attempts? Bombs were set off, and other assanination attempts were tried, but Hitler wasn't killed, and in most cases, barely injured.
I bring this up because there never seems to be a reason for all the evil in the world. If I didn't know God has a reason and purpose for evil, I probably would have checked out years ago. Of course, I don't like the trials and tribulations when they happen to me. But I always know there was a reason and purpose for it, even if I don't know why.
We don't know how much longer this country will be free. We could be taken over by despots and overnight be under Marshall law and have our freedoms removed. It wouldn't take long to do that with technology and all.
So, as ugly as life can be, I have to hold on to my belief that God is working all things after the counsel of his will.

gmik:
Good Words.

Bin Laden would be found if God willed it.

Until I discovered the BT website I never thought that God was behind any of the World's catastrophes. I am so glad everything is not so haphazard and that there is a reason and God is in control of everything, the good and (what we consider) the bad.

Chrissie-until you mentioned it I never knew the la at the end of chrissie referred to Louisiana. You are in my prayers.

Just some random early morning thoughts.

You guys are great and I enjoy your posts so much. Specially those of you who take the time to post scripture-I take notes they are so good.

God bless!

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