(Thanks to Alan, cuz I have borrowed this pic from his blog...)
And for all overseas family and friends who phoned and e-mailed us yesterday, thanks and we're fine! And dad is fine too! The damaged building is very close to us, just a few blocks away, but not ours and we're all okay.
I was at client's in downtown yesterday when someone in that office screamed "Oh my God, Cooney & Saba, that's exactly where I live!!!!" That was the breaking news on a peaceful & rainy Friday afternoon. The office manager let that person leave the office right away to go home, end up she phoned after she got home, it was the building right beside hers, and her home was okay.
But think about it this way, who knows when or where it will happen? It can happen to anyone anytime, and are we prepared for such disaster to happen anytime? What about even bigger disaster? What about when an earthquake comes?
For all of us who are living like "God is on vacation!" What else need to happen before we really see the urgency?
Who would ever thought a plane could hit an apartment building in Richmond? In a highly dense residential area?? No way, anywhere BUT Richmond!!! But yup, it can happen. Just like people used to say, "No way, anywhere BUT New York!" "Anywhere BUT the Twin Tower!" "And anything BUT the Titanic!!!"
That's human. I wonder what our Lord would think when He heard those boasting words or ours?? Imagine a little kid boasting, "No way, not MY Lego, everything BUT my Lego tower!" What would we think??? =)
Mmmm, also, it was the north side of the building and the 9th floor that got hit; my dad lives just a few blocks away, also on the north face of the building, and on 8th floor. What would I be like if it's really their home? How would I be?
And what would the pilot be thinking before the plane crashed? Reporter said he was revolving on the sky of Richmond for quite some time trying to use up more fuel, but then why he doesn't choose to land on the big piece of grass on the corner of Westminster/Alderbridge/No.4/Gardencity???? Not sure, but I'm sure if the pilot is experienced enough to think of revolving in order to reduce the damage while in an emergency, this would already be the best of what he can do.
But again, it's like it can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. Are we ready? How would we react if it's really our home?
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Ecclesiastes 2:4-9, 25b and 3:9-14 ~ King Solomon says...
"I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me. I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well—the delights of the heart of man. I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him."
