Matthew 24: 7-8 says "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains."
You wonder... is this really the end of the world?? I've heard so many preachers growing up say "The Lord is coming soon!" And it would always scare me, but as time went on and nothing serious really happened, it slipped my mind or I never really paid attention to it. Until now... There have been wars and even rumors of wars, there have been earthquakes in places that people never knew existed (American Samoa) until now. So, these are all the beginning of birth pains.
Honestly, I'm dead frightened. It just sucks that these earthquakes in the Bible are happening in my homeland. I never thought I would be alive to see the end times, but I guess I was wrong. God's ways are definitely higher than mine. Being so far from home doesn't really help the situation either. I really miss my family right now and wish I was with them during these crazy and hard times that my people are facing. Times like these make me wonder why I'm here... when I should be at home helping rebuild my home that was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami.
I really can't explain what's going on in the world right now, nor will I ever understand why things happen the way they do. But I just pray and hope that my faith doesn't fail me and that God will continue to protect my family and the people of the South Pacific.
