How can you watch one of the “Remembering 2007″ shows (like was on Dateline NBC last night), without thinking, “The world has gone crazy!” Just the natural disasters in 2007 are mind boggling.
Looking at the pictures of these disasters is overwhelming. I used to think that there were not more disasters these days, just more reporting on them, and more pictures and fast traveling news. But the statistics say that these disasters are on the increase. Munich Re, a leading reinsurer, said that, in all, 950 natural disasters were recorded this year — up from 850 last year, and the highest figure since the company started keeping systematic records in 1974.
Factor in fires in California, Floods in Indonesia and Britain, Ice in Europe, Storms everywhere, drought in southeast U.S., Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and fires and you’ve got a real recipe for, well, disaster! Dateline even showed pictures of the ice storm ten days ago in my own dear Oklahoma. This was the biggest power outage in the history of our state.
How about the Tornadoes in Canada and Kansas? I knew that Kansas was in tornado alley with us Okies. But who would have thought they got tornadoes in Canada? Somehow the south side of Oklahoma City was spared a twister this year. Those folks get it nearly every year!
In addition to natural disasters; figure in political corruption, moral corruption of our people, mass shootings and the demise of the family structure and it makes a real scary world. I have to remind myself that God is holding the world in His hand. Just like He did in the days of Noah. He has a plan and we need to be faithful like Noah was. I don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. I just know that in 2008 I need to turn my heart to my Creator, the Creator of the universe, and help others do the same.