On the very first day of 2024, Japan faced one tragedy after the other! First, it was a 7.1 Earthquake without notice - this was of a natural cause but killed 62 people and the Second tragedy was one of grave human error - where 5 people of a Japanese Coast Guard Plane, who were taking relief supplies to the survivors of the earthquake, were tragically killed when a Japan airlines plane crashed on it while landing.
Life is not only fragile but it is also shockingly snuffed out without notice. While remembering the loss of human life and thinking of the earthquake affected people who lost their homes, belongings and everything they had till moments earlier, now stand alone - and then the entire crew and passengers of Japan airlines, which crashed on to the Coast Guard plane, survived in 18 minutes after the aircraft caught fire while landing is a reminder to all of us, that indeed, life is more valuable than things - anything! All the passengers left the plane unharmed, as is, not carrying anything with them except the clothes they had on.
As intensely terrifying these events are, we can be left hopeless if we value things more than life. For the survivors, leaving everything they carried in the plane, meant nothing, when their lives which is more precious was spared in a matter of a few minutes. So, if this life which is here today and gone tomorrow is so precious, we certainly have to pause and think of what we should do to save our souls which never dies. It is eternal. There are just two places it can be for life. Heaven or the Lake of Fire.
If we can get out of a burning plane in under 18 minutes just to save our lives, how much time would we need to take to save our souls from the Lake of Fire in which it has to live eternally. This is something we all can act on (Romans 10:9). Needs no better lesson.
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9
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