I admit it. I have always considered myself an atheist. No real belief in a God or the bible. The idea of it actually used to infuriate me. Not so much now. My thoughts are beginning to gather around the unmistakable truth that if there is not a God, than there is some sort of higher power. I have the human right to believe in what I want to believe and I am thankful that I live in an area where I am completely free to do so.
The Japan earthquake and tsunami on March 11th has definitely begun a train of thought for me. Can it seriously be a coincedence that some of the most major earthquakes and horrible destruction on earth has taken place on the 11th?? September 11th, New York....January 11th, Haiti.....March 11th, Japan..........
With all of the unrest in Libya and so on and so forth....is the World coming to an end?
I try not to watch the news or read it if it can be avoided. There is hardly ever a good or heartwarming story in the news. It's all death and destruction. People doing horrific things to other people. Mother Nature doing horrific things to people. Animals doing horrific things to people. It never ends and it never will end unless people stop becoming so fascinated with the horror of it all.
Watching the news for awhile last night and after about 40 minutes of seeing the destruction in Japan, they finally told an amazing story that lasted less than 1 minute. It was about an infant girl that was found in the rubble after almost three days, completely unharmed. Also, an elderly man who was found not doing well, but alive. Perhaps God giving us a hint? Pull yourselves away from all the chaos and see that in it lies great and wonderful things? Can you stop concentrating on the horrific end and see these great things? If not, perhaps I will try something else and so and so on.....
The bible talks of uprisings, major earthquakes and famines. God deciding that enough is enough. I have to admit that some of this is unsettling to me. The idea that a higher power has control over my destiny or my fate is ridiculous to me. If there is a God I feel in my gut that yes he WANTS us to believe, but not in Him..........in ourselves.
Still on the fence, but at least I am on it.
Cheers :)
Wierd your writing about this. I've been thinking about this topic now for a few months. I am Christian. I've read the book of revelation 3 times. It's my favorite. There is a lot of things I've been seeing lately that tell me we are close to something big. We shall chat about this sometime over coffee.:)
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