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I think this is the saddest part of the whole ‘Harold Camping says the world is going to end on May 21st saga’:

In New York, retired transportation agency worker Robert Fitzpatrick was inspired by Camping’s message to spend over $140,000 of his savings on subway posters and outdoor advertisements warning of the May 21 Judgment Day.

As he stood in Times Square in New York surrounded by onlookers, Fitzpatrick, 60, carried a Bible and handed out leaflets as he waited for Judgment Day to begin.

By his own reading of Bible, which was slightly different than Camping’s, Fitzgerald expected the great worldwide event to begin at 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

When the hour came and went, he said: “I do not understand why …,” as his speech broke off and he looked at his watch.

“I do not understand why nothing has happened.” – Source: Yahoo News

The Bible wasn’t written in code, it wasn’t written with a hidden message. It’s message is actually very overt, God loves us and wants us to receive his grace and forgiveness if only we will accept it.

As far as what the Bible says we are to be doing while we wait on heaven, we are supposed to be trying to bring a bit of heaven and God’s love to this world, in the here and now by loving the people around us, by being good stewards of the gifts God has given us which includes our talents, our possessions and his creation and by telling others of this amazing grace that is freely given if only we will accept it by faith.

Well, 6PM has come and gone and I am still here. In fact, most everyone I know is still around. I find this very disappointing, not because I actually expected it to happen, but because this means that I will still have to go to work on Monday. I knew the whole end of the world thing was a long shot but on the off chance that it could happen, I was hoping to use it as an excuse to get out of work and the requisite staff meeting that is scheduled for Monday morning.