Editorial Comment On Our Puniness

On a more somber note, it has been both heart wrenching and mentally disturbing to watch the news this past week, and witness the catastrophic tragedy wrought by hurricane Katrina. The devastation and entrapment of the multitudes of homeless, not to mention hospitalized, coupled with the hindrance and delay in aid and rescue, is overwhelmingly grievous. This is yet another sobering reminder, that in spite of our country’s power and affluence, all humanity is at the mercy of natural disasters, as well as the actions of their fellowman, both over which we really have no control We have seen that certain mere, man-made structures, such as the levees, defy harnessing in the aftermath of attacks by “Mother Nature.,” just as the former Twin Tower infernos, in their unprecedented height, were unable to be extinguished or withstand the terrorist’s attack.

I believe it is naive to assume the government has the capability to render help and rescue in these kinds of astronomical calamities. I would like to take the liberty to paraphrase some verses from our most reliable life instruction manual, God’s Word, the Bible. “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkeness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” Psalm 118:8; Romans 13:12, 11, 12, 13, 14.

I pray for the comfort and relief of the thousands of victims and their families