Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2, left 133,000 people dead or missing and another 2.4 millions homeless and hungry. A catastrophic earthquake had rocked Sichuan province, China on May 12, killing more than 68,500 people and over 18,000 still missing.  

Our sympathy to the victims and the family of those killed in the tragedies. The natural disaster, such as cyclone, hurricane, tsunami and earthquake also hit other part of the world not so long ago. Some people are quick to say that the victims were actually been punished by God because they have done something wrong. It is a myth to say that if you have enormous faith, we will not go through trials and difficulties.

The more religious you are, the more you will be tested by God. Abraham was also tested by God; he was commanded, in a dream, to sacrifice his only son. He told his son, Ishmael, about it and his son asked him to do what he was commanded. When Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, God told him that he had fulfilled the dream and gave him a ram for sacrifice.

What I saw, natural disaster or any other disaster for that matter, is a show of God’s power. God wanted us to learn from it, increase our faith and trust Him although we are going through unsolvable hardship.