Some say we are the fated generation to see the end of days. Somehow I agree with it. Our generation belong to that where man has progress by leaps and bounds in such a short span of time.
It took our ancestors thousands of years to learn how to put clothes on their backs and gradually learn how to forge metal and cultivate the land. Yet, in about 100 years, we have advanced to a point where we have conquered the heavens, split the atom, and even peered into infinity. It used to take literally ages for news to travel but today it travels at the speed of light at just the touch of a button.
Progress and advancement in the sciences has led to better agriculture techniques and better health care. But with progress comes a heavy price. The world has seen two world wars, population explosion from 1.8billion people in the early 20th Century to estimate 6.7billion in less than a 100 years. This has placed a great strain of natural resources and environmental degradation of the environment.
Today, we stand at the crossroad...global warming is no more a theory but a fact. The ice sheets and glaciers which have been stable over the last 10,000 years are fast melting. (the temperature over here has been really hot and its not only Malaysia but also in several parts around the world. The air con in our bedroom is set at 16 Celsius throughout the night but the thermostat shows 27 Celsius).
And now we have the so called Swine Flu and the threat of a global pandemic. In 1918, estimated 40 million to 50 million people around the world died after contracting the Spanish Flu. If it happens again to day, some 200 million are expected to die.
Is its nature way of keeping check on us..that a great die-off must occur to keep humans from devouring the Earth? Are we, humans, not the real virus that has infected the entire Earth and gradually killing it?
Well, whatever the reason maybe...life is short...so make the best of it while we still can. This is my prayer......
Psalm 91
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD,
“He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge—then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
“Because he loves me,“ says the LORD,
”I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation”
To None I Wish Ill But To All I Seek Peace and Love
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