Wednesday; July 16
It is hard to watch what is going on in Texas right now. With the number of confirmed dead and scores more unaccounted for, our hearts hurt with all the pain and devastation. In an effort to wrap our heads around something as horrific as this, we try to come to grips with what is going on. Are we in the end times? Is the Lord trying to teach us something? While it is natural to try to make logical sense out of what is going on, I believe one of the comforting things we can do is understand this isn’t unusual for life on earth. Now hear me out, if you have lost someone in this tragedy (or any tragedy), I am not trying to diminish your pain and anguish. However, what I am trying to say is that life on earth is fraught with danger. It doesn’t take much of a review of history to see this. On this day in 1981, 114 people killed in the collapse of the skyway of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City. About this time of year in 1972 H...