They're not the only ones who are dazed & confused.
I, too, am wandering aimlessly. I'm wondering what on earth can I do to help. I am not made of money but I did give to relief organizations and even to individuals who I felt compelled to offer some kind of compassion. I'm dazed at the unending stream of desparation that belches out of the belly of the city...as if it has regurgitated all of its sustinance onto the earth.
New Orleans is becoming a Third World country.
I'm confused at the extremes the victims are going to in their desparation. Rescue efforts being suspended because those with stolen AK-47s are firing at the very hellicopters & other vehicles who are coming to their rescue.
Yet, I should not be surprised. I do not think this is any more the sign of the end times any more than I thought the attacks on New York on 9/11/01 was. However all of the events of our day do add up to point to the end times. Just as the Bible says the earth will groan like a pregnant woman about to give birth, our very planet is approaching the moment when a new Era will be born.
I believe I will see it with my own eyes before I meet a natural death. And, I have a compelling urge to be the messenger to others who do not see what lies ahead.
14b These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His sanctuary. The One seated on the throne will shelter them:
16 no longer will they hunger; no longer will they
thirst; no longer will the sun strike them, or any
heat.
17 Because the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;He will guide them to springs of living waters,and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7; HCSB)
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea existed no longer.
2 I also saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3 Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:Look! God’s dwelling, or tabernacle is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.
4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will exist no longer; grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, because the previous things have passed away. (Rev. 21; HCSB)
Not only does the people of New Orleans need to be reminded of this...we all do.
