It's a wake up call. Time and time again, God has warned us through natural and man made disasters. A tragic disaster like this force us to realise that life IS extremely fragile. God can give us all, but he can also take all of that away. Because He is God. As the creator, He does have the right, you know. It's probably a hard fact to swallow for some. Everything happens for a reason. Perhaps God is lashing out His wrath for the unspeakable evils and sins that mankind is indulging in. Perhaps we have pissed Him off by not taking care of His creation. Perhaps this is a preview of THE END for the unbelievers. Perhaps it's a wake up call to us so called Christians to buckle up. Speculations. We're not God so we wouldn't know. When people do not listen, THIS is what make people pay attention. And I pray to God that people will start repenting and realise what a sinful world we live in. Time is running out and I feel a real sense of urgency. Seeing the death toll climbing at an exponential rate is shocking. This morning the death toll was 68,000, and now, it's over 80,000??? Do you know how many bodies that is?? I can't even begin to imagine... 12,000 in the span of just a few hours. How many of you can make $12,000 in a few hours or make 12,000 calls or walked 12,000 steps?? I can't help but am deeply saddened by the fact how many of those hundreds of thousands of souls were lost and most of them have probably not come to know the Lord.
It's sobering. Something so beautiful can also be so deadly. Suddenly all my problems seem so trivia next to this. It's easy for us to say that we should cherish what we have but most of the time, we're not doing what we say. We still get impatient when some idiots try to overtake us. We still get angry when people we love make some mistakes and piss us off. We still get upset over trivia stuff and dwell on things that should not. We still don't tell people that we love them enough. We still don't be honest with others when it's necessary. We still sit around and do nothing when someone needs help. We're still INDIFFERENT many times. What does it really mean to cherish what you have?
Am I being over critical? Am I just all talks and no action?