... and the Earth shook !!!

It’s true, it really shook.

Around 1:30 in the morning I awoke with a sense of impact, as if something very heavy had fallen and hit the ground.

This movement was followed by several others, something like a pile-rammer working. I remembered that they are working to build a new building next to ours and as we are on the 4th floor we easily feeling any strong beat on the ground. So I thought they were working despite the inappropriate hours.

A few moments later, the shaking stopped and went back to sleep.

In the morning I said to the children about it, but they didn’t feel anything (sleepyheads!!!).

In the car, going to school with the radio on, we heard that, actually, an EARTHQUAKE, 6.1 on the Richter scale had shaken the entire Portugal, part of Spain and Morocco.

There was no damage or injury, but it is a shock to many people, as I heard one of the reports: "I dressed quickly and went to the street ... you know ... after the movie 2012 ... we need to be heed ... hahahaha."

It is worth thinking again: how we are weak and vulnerable ..... physically and spiritually ....

This way, the comparison is inevitable: we bring to our minds again our security in the Lord. He, the Lord Jesus, is our firm foundation, our shelter and our hope.

We again think also in the people who do not rest on this certainty and are still the subject of our proclamation of the Good News of the Gospel.

If … and only if ... we seek other points of relevance to this SEISM, we find a "coincidence" that happens on the very day that the Portuguese Government (Council of Ministers) approved the Gay Marriage .... even with the reaction of the Church and the Association of Families requesting a referendum to extend the discussion of the subject and not simply be treated by the Assembly as a reason for the fulfillment of the promise of political campaigning.

But ..... we won’t "spiritualize" the thing , will we?

The Lord is The Lord ... He never loses control of his creation .... He continues Sovereign.

Our focus has been and will always be to show Jesus to the world .... with compassion and sobriety ... in season and out of season ... with zeal and courage ... seeking to live the Truth that shows the God’s will for humanity.

In the remaining, claim once again, the mercy that puts us on our feet every morning and sustains us every day.

The earth may shake, but the sure of live by and in the Lord´s will does not tremble.

Until next time.

PS. Don´t forget to help me with the english grammar. Thanks.