This is the one hundred year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Built in England (1909 to1911) she was the largest and grandest luxury liner of the day. We all know the story…..Titanic vs. the ice berg…….the ice berg won. 1,514 lives were lost in three hours. The unsinkable ship did indeed sink. What a great tragedy! The frailty of man is proved once again…..the grandest ideas of man versus the power of creation.
Man wants to prove himself. He desires to be the master of his world. The Titanic’s greatest tragedy rests not only in the lives that were lost, but our failure in realizing that we cannot control destiny. The power of life and death is in the hands of our Creator.
But if this powerful God loves us and wants only the best for us, how could He allow this terrible tragedy to come upon innocent people?
Of course I have no answer for God’s reasoning or why the innocent suffer. This question has plagued mankind through the ages.
But this I know. God is in control of our lives. He loves us. Our faith does not depend on what we can see, feel, or embrace in this life. Our faith is in Him. He is our life. He is our blessing.
If we could see beyond this world and what God has planned for us, then perhaps our perspective would change. We only see the here and now.
One of my favorite verses comes from the great apostle Paul in his beautiful letter to those early Christians in Corinth. (1 Cor. 13: 12-13) “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
AbideLines 