Doomsday Clock ... Need We Worry? ... No.

Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight
http://www.cnn.com//2015/01/23/us/feat-doomsday-clock-three-minutes-midnight/index.html 

Interesting article. However, do we have cause for total alarm?  It is true that we need to care for our planet, and strive to live peaceably with one another. We have the ability to display love, justice, wisdom and power. But we were also created with free-will. And with free-will comes decisions that don't always work for the good of all ... that is ... if left in the hands of imperfect mankind. 

We must remember: "It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step." Jer.10:23. Fortunately, mankind need not worry much longer. 6000 years of human existence has given man the time necessary to try and govern himself. To try every form of government to see what is the best for all mankind. And this is where we stand: three-minutes-till-midnight. So the question was raised: Can Humans Guarantee A Happy Future?*

Yet, it is not totally man's fault. "The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." 1 John 5:7. And we were created to look to a higher authority than ourselves for guidance in life. That Authority is God. Isaiah 33:22; Acts 4:19; 5:29.

So, yes ... sadly, "man has misused God’s beautiful gift to the point of ruination. Yet, the Creator’s purpose has not changed. A man of old said: “God is not a mere man who tells lies, nor a son of man who changes his mind. When he says something, will he not do it?” (Numbers 23:19) In fact, rather than allow the earth to be ruined, the time is rapidly approaching for God to “bring to ruin those ruining the earth.”—Revelation 11:18."#

Then notice what God promises next: "And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.” Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”" Rev. 21:5. Does this statement give us reason to fear?

*http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102008161?q=man+to+direct+his+step&p=par
#http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2014642?q=bring+to+ruin+those+ruining+the+earth&p=par

Gratitude

Gratitude
by Seah Greenhorn
(Poem with copyright)

Do we
measure

Genuine

Thankfulness ...

by the
warm smile,
which reaches the eyes,

by the comforting
strong hug

with a bit of shoulder
and/or
back rub,

by the delighted
squeal
that pierces the ears,

yet
brightens the face,

or the sudden
tears

followed by

the bowed head
in a gesture

of humble grace,

by
Speechlessness,

that we

Hear
Loud and Clear

or a nose-blowing,
gut-wrenching,

sniffling,

hiccupping

Ugly cry--

Appealing

to the heart,
and ever
far-reaching

Into our

Glorious
Sky?

Or

how about
an arm-pumping
bone-crunching
hand-breaking

shake,

a blush,
a bloom,

a

Sudden

drop
to the knees,

or flight
and exit

to an adjoining
room?

Do we
measure

Gratitude

by

Reciprocated

Sharing

of something

to ourselves--
the giver

or them

passing along

a gift--
their giving

to
unsuspecting

others

to make them
feel cheerer?

Is Gratitude

an

Expressed

Remembering

and

Constant

Reliving?

A
Forgiving?

An audible/inaudible

Prayer
of
Thanksgiving?

How

Does
Our Creator

Measure

Our

Gratitude,

Our

Thankfulness

for

Living?

*

"For this is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet His commandments are not burdensome." 1 John 5:3.


Based on: A Recipe for True Happiness
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102006122?q=gratitude&p=par

Why Show Appreciation?
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2008565?q=gratitude&p=par