What can happen when Hope leaves?
Compton man to face criminal charges in deadly California commuter rail tragedy:
The result of one man's internal anguish: eleven people dead and nearly 200 are injured including a trapped man who "used his own blood to write a note on a seat bottom. Using the heart symbol, he wrote 'I love my kids' and 'I love Leslie.'" Reports are that he was pulled out alive, but his condition is unknown. All victims of one man's hopelessness.
I am reminded of a passage of hope for those who believe in God and who trust Him to provide help in hopeless situations, whether it be a temptation to do something "crazy" or an overwhelming problem for which there seems to be no way out: "No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it." (I Corinthians 10:13)
Everybody feels a sense of hopelessness sometimes and in various parts of life. Frankly, I have struggled with that myself lately (though nowhere close to what this man obviously felt, but simply about an area in my life that I've felt will never change). Temptations to do things "crazy" can enter the mind so quickly, and for me, I'm thankful I'm not alone. I'm thankful that I KNOW there is a God who is working in my life to provide for me what I am unable to provide for myself. I am thankful for a sense of peace in situations where there should be none; a sense of purpose when I feel as though there is none; a genuine desire to go on when all seems lost; a hope and certainty in the unseen God, knowing with as much certainty and confidence that He is as real as the unseen force of gravity of which I feel it's pull and power--feeling His presence as I feel the unseen (and freezing) wind blowing and causing things to move. I am thankful that He is the "Unmoved mover" and I pray His presence will be felt by all of those who have been affected by this tragic story, including Juan Manuel Alvarez.
The man whom authorities say caused the chain-reaction train derailment that killed 11 people was to face criminal charges Thursday for leaving his sport utility vehicle on a railroad track after apparently changing his mind about committing suicide. Nearly 200 were injured.He changed his mind...from a brain to what, we do not know. One man decides he doesn't want to kill himself, but has arranged it so that even if he wanted to remove his vehicle from the tracks, he could not. Now, I'm not for anybody killing themselves and it's always good to hear that someone has reconsidered. However, if one feels he must do it, can't he figure out a way to do it quietly that doesn't affect those who rather like their own lives?
Juan Manuel Alvarez, 25, got out of his green Jeep Cherokee before the two commuter trains crashed Wednesday morning on the outskirts of Los Angeles. He stood by as gruesome collision scattered wreckage and bodies over a quarter-mile of track.
The result of one man's internal anguish: eleven people dead and nearly 200 are injured including a trapped man who "used his own blood to write a note on a seat bottom. Using the heart symbol, he wrote 'I love my kids' and 'I love Leslie.'" Reports are that he was pulled out alive, but his condition is unknown. All victims of one man's hopelessness.
I am reminded of a passage of hope for those who believe in God and who trust Him to provide help in hopeless situations, whether it be a temptation to do something "crazy" or an overwhelming problem for which there seems to be no way out: "No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it." (I Corinthians 10:13)
Everybody feels a sense of hopelessness sometimes and in various parts of life. Frankly, I have struggled with that myself lately (though nowhere close to what this man obviously felt, but simply about an area in my life that I've felt will never change). Temptations to do things "crazy" can enter the mind so quickly, and for me, I'm thankful I'm not alone. I'm thankful that I KNOW there is a God who is working in my life to provide for me what I am unable to provide for myself. I am thankful for a sense of peace in situations where there should be none; a sense of purpose when I feel as though there is none; a genuine desire to go on when all seems lost; a hope and certainty in the unseen God, knowing with as much certainty and confidence that He is as real as the unseen force of gravity of which I feel it's pull and power--feeling His presence as I feel the unseen (and freezing) wind blowing and causing things to move. I am thankful that He is the "Unmoved mover" and I pray His presence will be felt by all of those who have been affected by this tragic story, including Juan Manuel Alvarez.
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 1/27/2005 11:45:00 AM
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