my heart and condolence is with the Sichuan victims... it was devastating to hear such tragedy. I was in Zhangjiajie during this weekend... surprisingly didn't feel anything there... I guess God has really protected me... I might have ended up in Sichuan for holiday this weekend... (if I choose to go to Chengdu and to visit Dujiangyen... nearly would have thought of it...)
Anyway, my opinion is, we never know when God is going to come back. During Sept 11th 2001, we all thought God is going to come back soon, then the SE Asian Tsunami, now the Myanmar cyclone and the Sichuan victim... etc... To be honest, natural disaster has always been a thing through these decades... if we look into history... Tangshan earthquake, 242000 people died... has God already come? now 32 years passed already... and we are still here...
But through these disasters and catastrophe, I guess what we learnt is, life is so fragile... we can be alive and kicking-well at this moment, the next moment we may not even exist anymore... but no matter how, I got to understand that God is in control and whatever happens in life, it is for the best of us and that everything that happens, that exist is according to God's plan. I guess I learnt the most is really to trust in God in whatever things I do, in whatever situation I face in life... it is difficult at times, whenever we see atrocricy like these happens... but we just need to trust... why? This is what we human being are, that is our limitation, and that is the only hope that we get... but God is a good "father" and we just have to believe in that...
So, what we can do is... be prepared! live a life fully, and be prepared if any uncertainty could be happening the next minute... always try to be close to God, and to know what God really want us to do in life... understanding his will for us...
