In the last few months, there have been several earth quakes. Haiti and Chilie are only two of at least 10 that were over 6.0. These are the earth quakes that have happened since January of this year.
Magnitude 6.7 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 16, 2010
Magnitude 6.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 14, 2010
Magnitude 6.9 LIBERTADOR O HIGGINS, CHILE March 11, 2010
Magnitude 6.1 EASTERN TURKEY March 08, 2010
Magnitude 6.8 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA March 05, 2010
Magnitude 8.8 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE February 27, 2010
A 6.4 magnitude quake hit southern Taiwan at 8:18 on 3/3/10
Eureka earthquake occurred on January 9, 2010 at 4:27:38 p.m. PST
2010 Solomon Islands earthquake was a magnitude 7.2 January 03, 2010
2010 Venezuela earthquake was a 5.6 magnitude earthquake Friday, 15th January
This got me thinking, we don't know all the signs of the second coming, in D&C 45:39–40 it says:
39 And it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking forth for the great day of the Lord to come, even for the signs of the coming of the Son of Man.
40 And they shall see signs and wonders, for they shall be shown forth in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath.
Earth quakes are in the earth beneath, is it one of the signs?
I believe everything happens for a reason, I also believe that we won't always know what the reasons are in this life. Heavenly Father does not share everything he is planning with us.
Also in thinking about what all the earthquakes mean, I started thinking about how Haiti lost so much. All these places have lost a lot. However Haiti seems to be the one that has lost the most. I think that is because they had the least amount of things. Haiti is a relatively poor country, in fact they are the poorest country in the America's. They have their homes and their families, and very little else.
With that said I started thinking about all the "things" we have. We have so much, we have been blessed to live in a free country, with the ability to choose who we are, and what we are going to do. I also started to thinking about how there are so many things that seem to get in the way. We as humans tend to get distracted by things, whether it is nice cars, big houses, gadgets, or just stuff in general. We often let these things get in the way of what is really important. There have been so many times that I just want to take half the things we own to the DI, we don't need everything we have. There are things that are necessary, and what each family needs may be very different then what another family needs.
I often wonder what good it is to have a lot of things other then the necessities, after this life they will be meaningless. They aren't important.
I am not saying that I am going to be able to get rid of a lot of things, but I see very little use for a lot of things right now. I also know that with the baby coming, my views of somethings will change.