Just as I finished eating dinner, I heard the news about the Glorietta explosion . 8 people died and 89 were said to be injured.
A WAKE UP CALL.tsk.tsk.
Imagine? a person dies inside a mall? Malls are supposed to be a place where people meet,shop, eat and enjoy. It is a place where people go,all dressed up.
Before dinner, my uncle found a pamphlet of election propaganda, destroying every candidate for barangay captain,except one. Mama and I commented that the author of that propaganda is evil...really evil. I want to get angry and even curse the cheapness of these kind of people.. I am angry with the responsible people with the Glorietta explosion ( though there was no concrete evidence yet that it was a bombing).
But the words VENGEANCE-IS-MINE-SAYS-THE-LORD reminded me of how empty I am, how little I have to do some big thing with the incidents happening around.. All I have done was whisper a prayer to God to comfort the loved ones of those who died and the ones injured, that healing would come to to them , and if there was a believer who is there,he/she would reach out to others. I texted my friend jazzy to pray too...
I am reminded of how short life is,I may be typing this blog right now and never wake up tomorrow..Nobody knows,nobody except God.
Minutes ago, I browsed on John Piper's article/sermon at www.desiringgod.org entitled
God's Wrath: "Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay," Says the Lord
It woke me up again!
To a deeper level of desiring God, desiring not to store up sins in me that I may never face God's wrath.He is faith and JUST,according to Piper "God’s
anger is never out of the control of his wisdom and righteousness, and his
wrath is never cool or indifferent, but is always a wisely directed fury. The wrath of God is never less than a perfect judicial decree, but is always more than a perfect judicial decree because it is always full of right and fitting fury."
Lord, forgive me! do not let my heart be complacent..never!
let me wait for you with fear and trembling!
Philippians 2:12 (New International Version)
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
please read john piper's article at desiringgod.org with the article I mentioned above.