Lack of understanding leads to inaction?

Both the United Kingdom and parts of North America have recently been hit by severe cold weather. Over the weekend snowfall in Minneapolis caused the roof of a sports arena to collapse. This has led to people wondering why it is so cold if the world is heating up, although world climate and local weather are two different things.

Following two bomb blasts in Sweden, a house in Luton is being searched. The house belongs to the suspected bomber; although neighbours appear to be in shock that he could possibly do such a thing. What leads people to such desperate actions often seems hard to understand.

Monday's Manchester United football game against Arsenal will be watched by some of the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for so long. As they were trapped in the mine I wonder how many times they asked the question: why is this happening to us? However, they kept going and were eventually rescued.

This week WordLive is delving into the sometimes difficult to understand words of the book of Revelation. But as we have seen above, life isn’t always about understanding everything but about how we respond to what we do know.

Darren