As Christians we are suppose to be people of hope. Our Christian religion is built upon hope, hope in the resurrection of Christ who opened for us a path to salvation and the Father. So I hate to be negative, but these are unprecedented times we are living through. How can one ignore the signs of the times? If this isn't the start of the end times, what would that look like? (I certainly hope that is not the case and maybe once we get a safe, effective vaccine for the coronavirus things will seem "normal" again.)
Climate change deniers had better wake up. Climate change is exacerbating the wildfires in the West. Warmer temperatures, drought conditions, wind events are all helping to fuel the fires. Yes, there have always been wildfires in the West, but not to this degree of destruction.
And then there was the slow moving hurricane Sally which did so much destruction in the Panhandle of Florida and the coast of Alabama. The hurricane was moving about as fast as we can walk, which made the flooding worse...also attributed to climate change.
Pope Francis keeps trying to warn us. Climate scientists keep trying to warn us. But some human beings still don't get it. They think it's a hoax. Pope Francis knows better. Ask the people in California who barely escaped the flames, they didn't have time to get any possessions. So sad.
Then the craziest story I read was about birds (thousands, maybe millions, of them) literally falling from the sky in New Mexico, to their death. It's happening in other states as well. Scientists don't know if its related to the wildfires out West, but its affecting migratory birds. Time will tell what happened to them.
I hope God has a plan to save us from ourselves. Because we don't.
NJA
