The Giant Bonfire on the Green on Saturday night, which would usually still be glowing embers on Monday morning, was extinguished by the very heavy rain on Sunday. We didn't even watch the fireworks this year - though we certainly heard them!
The Glasgow Climate Summit began on the 1st and we are told we are one minute to midnight, climate-disaster wise. Yet what, realistically, can these leaders, those who have turned up, do about it? Talking of carbon footprints, quite a few of the delegates allegedly arrived by private jet.
At one time, would it even have seemed possible we could bring a whole planet to ruin, let alone the only one we have to live on? Yet now doesn't it seem that, if we are left to ourselves, that is exactly what we will do?
But are we left to ourselves? Two thousand years ago, Jehovah had a specific promise written down and preserved for us to this day. In it, he assures us that he will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth". (Revelation 11:18) And Jesus himself showed us while he was on the earth that, as the King of Jehovah's Kingdom, that he could control the natural elements.
When he calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, his disciples said: “What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him.”
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-no2-2021-may-jun/
We have both talked to our siblings on Zoom, and all seems well. And Jacks seems to be keeping quite cheerful under the circumstances, as is Jean. I had a chat with Bea of the North, and she is coping, as ever.
My Glaucoma test results came back OK, for which I am thankful - very thankful. I have two hospital appointments this month and the best I can hope for is that I am no worse. Which is what I am hoping.
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