When we eventually look back on this month, I wonder what we will
remember most, asks Bert Cargill of St Monans Gospel Hall. It has
brought some surprises, and I am not thinking about the weather this
time.
The sharp increase in fuel prices came as an unwelcome surprise,
making a trip to the pumps ever more expensive. This of course was the result of the unwelcome war against Iran. As it progressed, its effects on many Persian Gulf states came as terrible surprise for them, and now for more countries than ever. Perhaps we did not realise how vital the free passage of oil tankers really was.
The material cost of wars and the destructions involved is astronomical, let alone the cost of human lives which cannot be computed. Also, in the context of global warming, so much extra CO2 is produced, offsetting efforts to limit it elsewhere. What a waste, you say, and so would I.
The successful Artemis voyage round the moon and back in mid-April
was memorable, not so much a surprise given the engineering skill and team work by NASA. With the correct motivation and organisation, things like these can happen in the name of progress.
Much better than wars, but still very costly in financial terms and in CO2 production. Was all that a good way of expending resources, or was it too a waste?
At the beginning of April many of us were remembering again another event of greater significance than any. It was the cruel death of Jesus Christ and the surprise of His triumphant resurrection. It cost God so very much, but none of it was a waste, because it has provided the only way for sinners like us to be saved and forgiven by humbly accepting His offer of salvation here and now.
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