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I hope you'll check out the link above today. It is a retrospect on all the natural disasters this year. It talks about how this year had an above average occurrence of disasters. It made me think of a verse.

and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. (Luke 21:11 NAS)

It is yet another sign of the times as we see these things happen. We are living in the last days.

Now before you misunderstand me.... we have been living in the last days all of our lives.  The last days started after Jesus resurrected.  Jesus was very careful to say that the end would come (Matt. 24:14) , that it would seem like a long time before it came (2 Peter 3:9) , so much so that people would doubt it ever really would (2 Peter 3:4), and that some people would say it was coming before it actually did (Matt. 24:23).  He was also very clear that we would not know the day or the hour (Matt 25:13), but that we would be able to see the event getting closer (Mark 13:8; Matt 24:32).

So I am not about to write a book declaring when Jesus is coming back, nor am I heading up to my roof to wait.  We are told to live our lives ready for his return.  Any day, every day we should be conducting ourselves in readiness.  True for the disciples, true for us.  These "signs of the times" are just reminders that with each day that He doesn't come, we are one day closer to the day that He will and we should continue in readiness.  Just thought that was a fascinating article.