After one of the driest Springs recorded, the drought in five English counties, all in the east of England has now been made official. I would suggest however that this current drought, and the severe shortage of rain which farmers and food-growers are experiencing, goes much deeper. There's a serious and wide-spread drought and thirst throughout many regions of the world for a fairer distribution of wealth and resources, moral integrity, compassion, leadership and spiritual vision. These droughts can't begin to be remedied until humanity acknowledges, as drought along with volcanic eruption, earthquake, hurricane, flood, famine and war, painfully reminds those suffering, that humanity isn't as much in control of its destiny as it imagines, and the words of the Prince of Peace are heeded-
Whoever drinks water shall be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I give shall not thirst; for the water I give shall be a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
The drought in the states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico has broken, finally, with the usual afternoon cloudbursts almost every day. I hope East Anglia is equally fortunate.
ReplyDeleteA few days of prolonged rain is forecast coming in next few days, but everywhere is now very dry-looking and a knock-on effect on food prices is also predicted.
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