Life is Fragile and God is Good

Last week end we were out camping in a near by lake. It was a nice place where nature could be enjoyed without much adulteration. The sheer number of stars visible at night is a sight to behold. Also the amount of time you have on your hand for reflection is high. You can easily see the effects of television and other entertainment media in our lives. Observing all this I was filled with a sense of gratitude on how God has created this world with everything we would need. I was watching God's must be crazy the other day and there in the introduction it summed up what I observed when they describe the pigmy tribe and how they were a satisfied lot.

Something interesting happened in the camp. One of my fellow campers almost drowned while trying to race in the lake. The way he was saved seemed like a perfect orchestration that all of us there felt the presence of God. It suddenly highlighted the fragility of our lives and how things can change upside down in a matter of seconds. This can happen to any one. After that I was talking to one of the boys who also swam in that race and he said that he never expected these kind of things to happen to people we know. Often times when we read about news like this on the web, we feel that things like this don't happen to regular people. But the person who almost drowned was no different than any of us.

It also showed us that God is watching us and he is there to protect us. So whenever I sit in my dream world and plotting for my future I keep reminding myself that things could change over night and all these planning is of no use. On the other hand I know that only Goodness comes from my God and I can be assured that he'll protect me. The unknown seems to be is my dreams in sync with his plans for me. In Ephesians 1 Paul says that God has lavished us with blessings from the spiritual realms. If our dreams are spiritual in nature then there should be no trouble reaching them. Paul also says that God reveals to us this mystery of his plans for us.