How the world has changed in such a short time!

I'm back! I know. Some of you thought I had given up blogging. I haven't. I've just been a bit busy. And, quite honestly, I 'm looking for more responses than I've received thus far! I guess you are busy, too, since you don't seem to respond. Anyway, in the few months that have passed since blogging, catastrophic events have literally shaken the earth. Have you ever seen such devastation and loss of human life in such a short period of time? As the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 8:22, I believe "all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time...", with the end result being, "the release from sin and suffering" for the human race. (v. 23) I look forward to that day, don't you? However, the Word clearly teaches that it's going to get worse before it gets better. But be comforted, my friend. God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us! Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive, when he returns, we can live with him forever. (I Thess. 5:9-10)