Are Earthquakes a Sign of the End of Time?

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Earthquakes are on our minds these days as we see the results of two very devastating and recent earthquakes on the news. There is alot of seismic activity going on these days. Yes, there have always been lots of earthquakes, but there appear to be more recently, they have been very close together and severe.

The Bible speaks of earthquakes happening in diverse, (different), places when the end of time is approaching. It has many other warnings also, but specifically, it speaks of earthquakes. Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, and Luke 21:11, to be specific, are passages in the Bible that speak of earthquakes in reference to the end of time.

Luke 21:11, clearly says there will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences, in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

Many people and religions believe this to be true. I certainly do, and the proof to us is there are many things happening today that were foretold long ago in the scriptures of the Bible. To me, that makes it very believable!

The earth is a moving, shaking, planet. It is interesting to study the seismic activity of today. I live in a major earthquake zone, the New Madrid Faultline. I certainly am aware of the possibility of an earthquake in my area of the country.

Since the horrors we have seen in Haiti and Chile of the devastation and calamity of earthquakes, I think more people want to be aware of the possibilities of future events. The news medias are frantically asking the scientific neighborhood if they can give the predictions of earthquakes. With the modern technology at hand the is no specific predictions of exactly where an earthquake will happen next, only guesstimates.

Although earthquake predicting is not an exact science. We can all be prepared in the event that an earthquake may happen where we live. That is the best we can do. We can also reach out to others who are experiencing the devastation of an earthquake.

The Bible tells us what to expect when we are approaching the end of time as we know it. I am glad that God has given us such a guide to follow and is merciful to help us in times like these.

We can prepare both spiritually and physically for the times of catastrophes, such as earthquakes. We all may have to experience difficult times ahead. God doesn't say we will escape all troubles or calamities, but He does say He will be there for us and help us through them.

I encourage you to read the Bible and learn what God says about future events, such as earthquakes, that will happen as the end of time approaches. Yes, earthquakes in different places are a sign of the end of times.

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Words Used by Authors and Journalists Are Frequently Most Revealing in All Kinds of Ways

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A disaster and catastrophe of 'apocalyptic proportions' was the favoured language used by many in the media when reporting on the earthquake in Haiti, a few months ago.

Why use this biblical terminology? In certain circumstances there is none better.

These descriptive phrases are frequently employed and it is so highly interesting to observe. Do people who write this material realise the background? The words writers use are occasionally most revealing.

Apocalyptic simply means a lifting of the veil, or a prophetic disclosure, and has its origin in the book of Revelation, which can be a 'happy hunting ground' for some, whilst for others it is left well alone, and remains unread.

Many can be afraid of really getting into this book, but the Word of God was never intended to create fear, but the very opposite. This is a book to encourage faith.

Revelation comes from the risen, living and ascended Lord Jesus Christ, and is sent to John who was youngest of the twelve disciples.

John is now around 90 years of age, and imprisoned for his faith on the Island of Patmos.

John is physically in prison, but his concern is for wellbeing of the Church. His desire is to be with the other disciples of Jesus, but circumstances prevent him from visiting them, so he writes what Jesus Christ sends and reveals.

Revelation is a revealing, and not a hiding, nor a confusing, or obscuring.

In each letter to these seven churches there is the challenge to overcome.

Life was extremely difficult at that time for those who had come to faith in Christ. Persecution was rampant, just as it is today across our pained world.

This final New Testament book has a specific relevance for those who are experiencing persecution, and it has become most meaningful to all disciples who face fierce opposition.

The victorious overcoming Christ is encouraging Christians to persevere and overcome too.

The apocalyptic blessing is for "him who overcomes".

Sandy Shaw

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Disaster Donations - The Best Ways to Give in Times of Crisis

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In times of crisis, Americans across the country have an immediate reaction of wanting to give and wanting to help. This is a very good thing, and it's one of the things that make this country great. When the Haiti earthquake hit and when the Chilean earthquake followed, people everywhere were organizing drives of various types to get some sort of relief on its way.

Like with many good ideas though, a little polishing can make a good idea great.

Let's look at just a few considerations that can make your donation during a disaster a win / win for everyone involved. Let's look at the best ways for you to G.I.V.E.:

Goods - Donations of clothing and other items are good if done in the right way.

Income - Sharing your cash is the most efficient way to help, but there are things you should know.

Volunteers - Some disasters could use some helping hands on the ground, but others don't.

Expertise - In some cases you can help victims get certain areas of their life back on track.

Goods

This is the most common form of donation, especially when a local catastrophe occurs. If someone's house burns down and the family loses everything, neighbors are usually quick to contribute clothes, household goods, etc. to help the family get back on their feet.

The more local the disaster, the more useful is the donation of goods. However, for large-scale incidents or disasters farther away, the donation of tangible items becomes less of a good idea. This is because physical items require sorting, shipping, storage, distribution, warehousing, etc. So, by the time you send that old pair of jeans half a continent away, they eventually wind up costing more than a brand new pair.

The best way to donate physical goods is through local organizations that are set up to handle them and who will either use them for local disasters or who can sell the goods to raise money to be used in other ways to help. Good examples of places to donate include faith based organizations, Good Will, and the Salvation Army.

Income

When it comes to disaster relief, cash is king. With cash, relief organizations can pinpoint exactly the type and amount of items they need for a particular disaster and purchase accordingly. Money can be used to supply a variety of aid including water, food, and medicine, and is not limited to the items we usually see donated.

One caveat though, is the fact that after any major disaster the scammers come out of the wood work trying to rip off good hearted donors. If you follow a few safety precautions you can be sure your money is getting to the right folks. First, only donate to a recognized charity and one that will use the money for the purpose for which you are donating. The most recognized group is the American Red Cross (and by the way, it's always good to donate blood). To check the legitimacy of others take a look at www.charitywatch.org or www.charitynavigator.org. These sites can tell you who's for real and how each organization will spend your money.

Volunteers

Neighbor helping neighbor is one of our highest civic duties. Nothing beats having an extra set of eyes, hands, or shoulders when it comes time for disaster recovery. Like goods above though, there are certain ways to offer your volunteer services.

First, don't rush to the scene of an active disaster unless you're a part of local emergency management. People who show up at incidents are called "Convergent Volunteers" and if there are too many, they can actually get in the way of the emergency response. This became something of a problem in Haiti because the airport could handle only so much incoming traffic, and local officials could process only so many incoming foreign nationals.

If you're part of an organized group such as CERT, which is a great thing, please wait until your group is activated or called up.

Expertise

The concept of volunteers above conjures up mental images of people making sandbag walls to protect from floods, cleaning up debris, setting up food lines, and other physical services. After a major disaster though, the needs of the victims fall into numerous categories, only a few of which would benefit from physical help.

For example, during any post-event recovery phase, victims will need assistance with insurance, taxes, unemployment issues, government grant applications, and with all phases of dealing with the legalities involved with injured or deceased loved ones. If you deal with any of these things in your professional life, you'll be highly valued as a volunteer.

The same rules apply though. Offer your assistance to local authorities and wait to be called up.

Though we've thrown in several "don'ts" in our short discussion, please don't think that your help is not needed. It is needed, especially in these economic times when simple disasters can hit our friends and neighbors harder than usual and when first responders and emergency management groups are under the same financial issues the rest of us are.

The next thing to do is look at the hundreds of other ways you can protect your family and contribute to your community in times of crisis. Read more of our how-to articles on our "Disaster Prep 101" book site.

About the author: Paul Purcell is an Atlanta-based security analyst and preparedness consultant with over twenty years risk management and preparedness experience. He's also the author of Disaster Prep 101 at http://www.disasterprep101.com. Copyright 2010, Paul Purcell. (Permission granted to reprint this article and share it with others provided all portions remain intact.)

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How to Help Haiti - Support Haitians Now!

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It is no new news that Haiti is the poorest country in Northern Hemisphere. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck through Haiti major cities leaving thousands of people dead and injured. Thousands of homes were destroyed including hospitals, schools, and private residents. Haitians are desperately looking for help in terms of medical supplies, foods, water and other basic supplies need for their day to day living.

There are ways which you can use to help people in Haiti. Some of them are:
1. Donating to charity organizations on the ground in this country: there are charity organizations who are currently on the ground in Haiti helping to provide food, water, medical treatment and other helps Haitians may need. Some have run out of supplies, meaning they need donations to get back on supplies. You can donate money to these charity organizations through the internet in order to enable them get the funds they need to buy foods, clean water, medical equipments and other things Haitians may need.

2. Volunteering: you can act as a volunteer. This is by traveling to Haiti to physically help in anyway you can help. You can help by acting as a volunteer who distributes food and other aids you can assist in. There are many non-profit foundations in Haiti like American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Americares, Unicef, Catholic relief services, world vision intl, Christian Aid, Oxfam, Islamic Relief and other helpful organization that are on the ground to assist Haitians. You can sign on to these organizations in order to act as a volunteer.

GlobalGiving is a charity organization which is currently helping people in Haiti. You can donate to this charity organization in order to enable Haitians get the aids they need. See more about it at http://modospot.com/review/globalgiving.html

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Painful Culturist Realities In China's Terrible Earthquake

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My friend Laura sent around a call for donations to aid those killed, injured and / or left homeless by the recent earthquakes in China. This mass mailing went out to a lot of people, but as I have known Laura for quite some time I imagined what I might say to her if we had a conversation concerning her relief efforts. Of course, sentimentally, my heart goes out to all the victims. But, my imagined conversation led to callous realities. For the sake of our nation and my friendship with Laura, I'm just going to ignore her e-mail.

As caring and supposedly wealthy people, Americans often want to give and are always expected to provide disaster relief. This giving spirit reflects a belief in a human community. Yet, as culturists know, that community is often more illusory than real. When America stepped into stop violence in Rwanda, Somalia and the Balkans we backed and protected some unsavory people in the middle of torrential violence. In such cases, someone will always resent your helping the other side. We are yet to see gratitude for our supporting Muslims in the Balkans. When it comes to interfering in nations we know little about, my culturist instincts always lean towards caution.

In the case of major nations, how much of a sense of community is there? When Katrina happened, Japan sent us $500,000. That is not enough money to buy one condominium in New York. While it goes further in New Orleans, it verges on being an insult. How much money did China give us? If we were broke and had a disaster, how much relief would China send us? We already have a major trade deficit with them and in normal times they do not seem to mind playing hardball to increase that deficit. As it is, we send them a lot of money and they send much less back. They seem to think our nations are competitors. The trade deficit seems to confirm this impression.

Diversity exists. Myanmar refused to distribute the aid sent to them. The North Korean government regularly takes U.N. aid, puts it in bags labeled "North Korean government," skims the bulk off for their military, and pretends like it is providing the relief. Whatever China spends in aiding its poor, they will not spend propping up the murderous regime in Sudan nor fueling their incredible and secretive military growth. As per my Western bias, I feel more akin to nations that promote democracy and rights and do not back terrorists. Even if it were eventually getting to the people, giving free money to China and Myanmar seems problematic.

Culturism does not put stock in abstractions. Rights, for example, only come from countries that believe in them and can afford them, not from a metaphysical reality. Even if we did consider all peoples one and looked past nationality and culture, we would still have limited resources to spend on the world. We currently have tremendous debts and deficits. Our very own infrastructure is old and collapsing. We have many homeless. And neither Katrina nor the World Trade Center has been rebuilt. While it might feel good to Americans to imagine the world shuttles money back and forth whenever there is a disaster, there are limits and one must prioritize.

I send those in China and Myanmar my condolences. I truly hope that their governments spend money on their people. I'll be watching their governments and judging them accordingly. Laura might ask if I would not want other nations to give me money if I needed it. Certainly I will take all the free money I can get. But, in reality, the lion's share of help I'd get would come from my own government and my personal resources. And the money our government spends to help in disasters comes out of real American's incomes. I do not resent that other nations do not take in refugees willingly or send other nations much money in times of need. I think they have their priorities straight. I truly hope China and Myanmar get relief to their people quickly.

John Press is the author of Culturism: A Word, A Value, Our Future. He is a an adjunct professor and doctoral student at New York University. http://www.culturism.us has more information about culturism.

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Prayer Song for Haiti

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Contribute to the World in Significant Ways - How? Self-Awareness, Exploring Options & Taking Action

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A devastating earthquake in Haiti. Sexual abuse of thousands of women and girls throughout our war-torn world. American families forced from their foreclosed homes - homelessness on the rise. Smog-filled skies and polluted rivers. Shuttered businesses - 12.3% unemployment nationwide, and growing. Under-funded schools, unconscionable dropout rates. Drug-gang violence....

As the world's woes bombard us from every direction, and appeals for help flood our email and mail boxes, so is it natural for each of us to feel both overwhelmed and anxious to do something significant to help, somehow.

This is when the suffocating questions begin to suffuse our thoughts about taking action. 'Where do I begin? What is the most pressing problem? I am just one person; how can my limited resources make a dent in all that needs to be done? Where can I make the biggest impact?' While each of these questions is valid, rather than helping us take focused action, they often have the opposite effect; they force us into knee-jerk responses at best, and an utter standstill at worst.

How can we move from this unsatisfying place to one where we consciously commit ourselves and our resources to causes that matter both to the world and to us?

Yes, both components - positively impacting the world and ourselves - are key. Why? Because sharing our resources from a win-win place means that we are expressing our authentic selves in response to the world's needs. Finding and sticking with these matches enables us to give freely and joyfully. As important, saying 'Yes' from our authentic selves to specific causes and organizations frees us from guilt about saying 'No, thank you' to others.

I propose 3 steps towards commitment that may be repeated yearly, biannually, or whenever there's a change in your life warranting review of your current choices:

SELF-AWARENESS--EXPLORING THE OPTIONS--TAKING ACTION Step 1: SELF-AWARENESS 1. Ask yourself, "What do I care about right now?"

For example: the environment; women's issues; animal rights; domestic and international poverty alleviation; healthcare; literacy...

Prioritize your top 2-6 choices. Save the others for the future (or for others who have them at the top of their lists).

2. Then ask yourself, "What are my specific, realistic, available resources that I'd like to share?"

(see categories below with examples)

a. special skills and/or hobbies - personal finance how-tos, athletics

b. financial contributions - amount quarterly, semi-annually, annually

c. volunteering/pro bono work - what type, how often, duration

d. other donations - clothing, books, food, giving blood

e. providing connections - government officials, educators, business leaders...

f. other -...

Once you've identified types/amounts/times above...

3. Merge 1 and 2 - what matters to you now + the resources you can and want to contribute. *At this point you may not know the specific organization(s) you'll be volunteering for, or contributing to, but you will know the cause(s) you're enthusiastically and realistically ready to put your resources behind.

Step 2: EXPLORING THE OPTIONS

Now that you've merged your whats with your hows, you're ready to move to exploration. It's a great way to connect with others and discover what resonates with YOU.

1. Ask: friends and colleagues via email, facebook, linkedin, twitter, face to face

2. Research the Web: key terms/organizations serving your causes

3. Visit/Interview: an organization and others who've committed to organizations you're targeting

4. Check-in with yourself. 'Am I excited about being involved in this cause? Is this organization where I want to put my time and/or resources?' If so, move to Step 3. If not, move to the next cause or organization on your list until you find the 'right' fit for YOU.

Step 3: TAKE ACTION

1. Say 'Yes' to causes and organizations that resonate with YOU.

2. Enjoy the commitment(s) you've made to make a positive difference in the world

P.S. If you're interested in viewing the commitments I've made to assist Haiti, please visit my blog:

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Dana E. Whitaker is president of Opening Eyes, LLC, a business committed to helping individuals reach their personal and professional goals with courage, clarity and (self-) compassion. As a coach, Dana helps her clients become more self-aware so that in expanding who they are, they may expand both what they want to, and believe they can do including: following a passion from start to finish, successfully navigating significant life and career transitions, creating healthy boundaries, developing effective communication strategies and satisfactorily managing work/life commitments and priorities. Dana offers individual and group coaching options. She graduated from Newfield Network, an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified coaching program.
Additionally, as an author, Dana's stories and accompanying color photographs in her book, Transforming Lives $40 at a Time, Women + Microfinance: Upending the Status Quo, bring readers face-to-face and heart-to heart with the dreams, fears, and successes of some of the world's poorest women from five continents who, having harnessed their profound courage and resourcefulness, are using microfinance loans and business training to transform both their lives and those of their families - inside and out. Dana speaks to groups around the country - businesses, universities, churches, schools, bookstores, women's and philanthropy groups - sharing not only these women's inspiring stories, but also her own passion-to-publish-to-coaching transformation.
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