I am writing this purely as a matter of discipline, to make myself do it even though I don`t have much to write about.
I just wish that such discipline would easily spill over into my prayer life , and indeed, life in general. I think it is time for confession again.........I sorely need my spiritual medicine.
I am finding it hard to be even remotely charitable about the dreadful end of those innocents held hostage by terrorists in Russia. I looked at the footage of the dead and wounded, in horror and such sadness.
How would I feel if it was one of my children whose lives had been snuffed out by such cold-blooded, callous and frankly, evil, acts ? I would certainly want the perpetrators punished on this earth to the fullest extent of the law, in order to protect others from their crimes, but could I wish for their death ? I don`t think so, because two wrongs cannot make a right, and because I would then have blood on my hands.
But until you are in such a position of loss, I do not think anyone could accurately predict how they would react. We all know how we would like to act, but until it happens, you just don`t know.
This atrocity has happened in Russia, but it could happen here in Britain, and it could happen in America. None of us can be complacent and think we are immune and safe.
Perhaps this horror is enough finally to galvanise me into realising that I really do need to live each day as if it will be my last, starting NOW, and to prepare for the dread Judgement Seat Of God.
Lord, have mercy........
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Elizabeth:
Just last week one of my daughter's friends was driving 3 of her friends to their first day of school. Four teens, all age 16 were in the car. The driver, my DD's friend, made a poor judgement in driving, not unusual for a 16 year old who has had their license for only 4 weeks, and hit a school bus (empty thank God), killing one of her passengers and putting one other in the hospital in a coma. It is not known whether the second child shall live. The driver (my daughter's friend) is home from the hospital, as is the 3rd passenger. But now the driver must live the rest of her life knowing that one of her miscalculations killed her friend.
Here is the url: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-bethacc-083104,0,5823313.story?coll=all-news-hed
Tragic, truly tragic. All of this is causing my DD to wonder why terrible things happen, especially to her friends, and not to herself. I told her, "it's all about choices honey, it's all about choices."
How many people have been affected by this event? How many mothers and fathers are saying, "I wish I had said no and driven them to school myself."?
Yes, we must live each day not knowing the outcome for any one whose lives we touch. Thus we must pray without ceasing, not only for God's mercy in our own personal life, but for those around us, whose lives we touch...
...even if it is across the Atlantic and through a blog.
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord hav mercy.
May God bless you Elizabeth, my new friend!
Dear Philippa
what a terrible tragedy. Your daughter must indeed be perplexed and confused.
Here in UK, you have to be 17 before you can sit your two driving tests (one theory and one practical) and you have to pass them both in a short space of time or pay to sit them both again.
Nevertheless, young drivers do not have much expereince and are sadly more likely to make errors of judgement.
My D1 is only now learning to drive and she is nearly 18 1/2 years old. I have to be honest, I would not be happy for her to be a passenger in a teenage driver`s car.
When she does pass her driving test, we will be paying for her to have advanced driving lessons too, for her added safety and our peace of mind ......
love ,
Elizabeth
Dear Philippa
I was thinking about your profound comment about those whose lives we touch, even by means of a blog.
I have been so blessed by reading the blogs of others. I have been given so many new insights and ways of looking at life and yes, some of them have transformed my outlook.
I would even go so far as to say some of them have changed my life, and for the better.
I have gained many new friends, people for whom I try to pray on a daily basis.There are so many people whom I will most likely never meet while I am on this earth, but they have become friends to me.
May God bless you all !
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