Today, when I was driving home amidst the heavy traffic, suddenly I am flooded with string of (strange) thoughts.
Truly, God will not give you what you cannot handle...
But coming from another perspective, it reminded me of the choice of King David. At 2 Samuel 24, God asked King David to choose from the 3 options of punishment to carry out against his sin - 3 years of famine, 3 months of fleeing from enemies & 3 days of plague.
And David made a very daring choice. He said he would rather falls into the hands of the Lord, for His mercy is great, than to fall into human hands.
So, my question is, would you rather have long suffering under social injustice, lousy government (and to endure the disgrace your prime minister's wife brought to your countrymen), and probably you may die suddenly under collapsed building / bridge due to corruption, victimized by brutal crime; OR to face the challenge of natural disaster?
"Human disaster" vs "natural disaster", which is worse?
I'm ambivalent.
Yes, the force of nature can be very cruel at times; but the wickedness and the depravity of mankind, chill my heart even more.
"I ought to be grateful; because it's only the traffic jam that I have to deal with, and not any form of natural disaster."Indeed, I'm always very thankful that our boleh-land is free from earthquake zone, Tsunami high risk area, and many other major natural disasters.
Truly, God will not give you what you cannot handle...
But coming from another perspective, it reminded me of the choice of King David. At 2 Samuel 24, God asked King David to choose from the 3 options of punishment to carry out against his sin - 3 years of famine, 3 months of fleeing from enemies & 3 days of plague.
And David made a very daring choice. He said he would rather falls into the hands of the Lord, for His mercy is great, than to fall into human hands.
So, my question is, would you rather have long suffering under social injustice, lousy government (and to endure the disgrace your prime minister's wife brought to your countrymen), and probably you may die suddenly under collapsed building / bridge due to corruption, victimized by brutal crime; OR to face the challenge of natural disaster?
"Human disaster" vs "natural disaster", which is worse?
I'm ambivalent.
Yes, the force of nature can be very cruel at times; but the wickedness and the depravity of mankind, chill my heart even more.
