THE TIME IS SHORT

Have you ever consider the fact that we are sojourners on this earth? We will be going home some day but no one knows that day except our Creator. Like the people in the story below, the time will come when we will not see each other anymore. That is okay with me but my question as always is what legacy would you leave behind if today were to be your last day on planet earth?

When you get to your Creator, is He likely to say 'well done, faithful and good servant' or  will He say 'depart from me for I know you not'?

Read today's story and make up your mind what you want to do with the remaining part of your life. It is not too late.

My condolence goes to the families who lost their loved ones as result of this crash. However, for you my dear friends and readers, the sad event of the crash reminds me of three things: how short life is, how many times we all go out and come in safely and how many of us has sent our children on school trips and they returned safely.

Life is short and it could be anybody’s turn tomorrow. There is only one person that knows each of us and what we are made of. We need a relationship with that person so as to be constantly under the shadow of His wings; ‘OUR CREATOR’.

God, our Creator is constantly watching over us and as He does this, He keeps telling us to begin to run the race for which He has created us and some of us still pays deaf ears to this call, thinking that there is enough time. Are you in this category?

Wake up for time waits for no man. One major thing walking in purpose could do for us is that it gives us hope and make us have something to look forward to.

Please connect with your Creator today and discover who you really are. You are a life saver in your sphere of influence. Discover your purpose and do something with it.

 

16 pupils and two babies among 150 dead after Germanwings plane crashes in French Alps

Richard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro.co.ukTuesday 24 Mar 2015 10:49 am

 

 

A rescue helicopter takes off from Seyne-les-Alpes (Picture: Reuters)

A Germanwings passenger jet carrying at least 150 people crashed in a remote part of the French Alps today, with all on board feared killed.

The pilots sent out no distress call and had lost radio contact, France’s aviation authority said, deepening the mystery over the A320’s mid-flight crash following a steep descent lasting eight minutes as it travelled from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.

The plane crashed at an altitude of about 6,550ft, at Meolans-Revels, near the ski resort of Pra Loup. The site is 430 miles south-south-east of Paris.

The crash left officials and families across Europe in shock, with sobbing relatives at both airports being helped by airport workers and crisis counsellors.

German chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in Berlin: ‘We still don’t know much beyond the bare information on the flight, and there should be no speculation on the cause of the crash.’

Scroll down to see our live blog and how the day unfolded

A picture from the scene shows the difficult terrain that rescuers are facing (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Photos of crash site from the La Provence newspaper showed scattered black flecks across a mountain and several larger aeroplane body sections with windows, five in one chunk and four in another.

France’s prime minister Manuel Valls said a helicopter crew that landed briefly in the area saw no signs of life.

Germanwings said Flight 9525 carried 144 passengers – including two babies – and six crew members.

The plane left Barcelona Airport at 10.01am local time, then began descending again shortly after it reached its cruising height of 38,000ft, Germanwings CEO Thomas Winkelmann said.

The descent lasted eight minutes, he told reporters in Cologne.

Eric Heraud of the French Civil Aviation Authority said the plane lost radio contact at 10.30am, but ‘never declared a distress alert itself’.

He said the combination of a loss of radio contract and the plane’s quick descent prompted the controllers to declare a distress situation.