THOSE PEOPLE IN JAPAN

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND HEARD ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE TRAGEDY THAT TOOK PLACE IN JAPAN AND THE THREAT OF SIMILAR DISASTER IN HAWAII AND THE WEST COAST.  MY FIRST THOUGHT UPON HEARING THIS NEWS WAS MARK 13:8  "AND THERE WILL BE EARTHQUAKES IN VARIOUS PLACES, AND THERE WILL BE FAMINES AND TROUBLES.  THESE ARE THE BEGINNINGS OF SORROWS."  I ALSO THOUGHT OF JOHNNY'S MESSAGE THE OTHER NIGHT.  HE SPOKE ON THE SAME SUBJECT.  I COULDNT HELP BUT PRAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ALOT OF THOUGHTS RUN THROUGH MY MIND THIS MORNING.  

I WONDER HOW MANY CHILDREN WERE AT SCHOOL OR ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL WHEN THE DISASTER STRUCK.  I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AT WORK THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS WEEKEND.  I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DRIVING THROUGH TRAFFIC AND SIMPLY LISTENING TO THE RADIO.  ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT UNAWARE.  IT WAS ALL OVER WITH IN ALMOST THE BLINK OF AN EYE.  I ALSO WONDER HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OR ARE PRESENTLY BEING STRUCK BY THE JUDGEMENT OF OUR LORD. 

BRO JERRY HAS RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT HELL ENLARGING ITS BOUNDARIES CONTINUOUSLY.  I CANT HELP BUT WONDER HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED YESTERDAY WERE THROWN OR WILL BE THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.  THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN OBVIOUSLY WERE NOT GIVEN MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT. 

I ALSO WONDER HOW THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII MIGHT HAVE FELT WHEN ADVISED OF THE SAME TSUNAMI BRINGING POSSIBLE DESTRUCTION THEIR WAY.  I AM WILLING TO BET THAT MORE THAN A FEW PEOPLE ON THOSE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DID SOME SERIOUS PRAYING, REPENTING AND SOUL SEARCHING.  OUR GOD WAS NEVER ONCE MENTIONED ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING, BUT I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT HE WAS TALKED TO BY MANY LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. 

WE ALL HAVE BEEN TOLD OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IN ORDER TO CLAIM HIS PEOPLE.  WE HAVE ALL HEARD BITS AND PIECES OF REVELATION.  ALTHOUGH I DO NOT CLAIM TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND REVELATION, I KNOW ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MOST DEFINITELY THAT THE END IS VERY NEAR.  THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD IN THE LAST TWELVE HOURS HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO PROVE IT TO ME. 

WE ALL NEED TO REALIZE THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN TODAY COULD VERY WELL EASILY HAPPEN TO US AT ANY GIVEN TIME.  I SURELY DO NOT WANT TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.  I SURELY DO NOT WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND THE DAY JESUS DOES DECIDE TO SPLIT THE EASTERN SKIES.  I NEVER WANT TO FIND OUT JUST HOW LARGE THE LAKE OF FIRE MIGHT BE. 

MY HEART IS HEAVY FOR EVERYONE TOUCHED BY DISASTER THIS MORNING.  MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN TODAY.  

I AM ALSO THANKFUL ON THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING.  THANKFUL THAT I KNOW MY LORD!  THANKFUL FOR HIS SAVING GRACE!  THANKFUL FOR HIS MERCY!  THANKFUL FOR HIS LOVE!