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Como was devasted by bushfire in January 1994, destroying 87 homes in the immediate area (101 houses in the Sutherland Shire).
This included the house I was living in, the Presbyterian church and Como West Primary School.
The church was rebuilt and is now Como Community Church
"The most serious losses occurred in fires in the Sydney region, in particular at Jannali and West Como, where about half of the total homes lost in the State were destroyed. Two fire-fighters and two civilians died. One of the civilians was a woman who sheltered in a swimming pool at Jannali, but died of airway burns due to the intense heat of the air she was breathing." Reference: www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/598.html [Accessed 12/9/2010]
"About 50% of destroyed buildings in Como-Jannali (from the 1994 Sydney fires) ... occurred at distance less than 50 m from bushland." Reference: Keping Chen and John McAneney (2010) Bushfire Penetration into Urban Areas in Australia: A Spatial Analysis. Internet http://bushfirecrc.com.au/research/downloads/Bushfire-Penetration-into-Urban-areas.pdf [Accessed 12/9/2010]

Picture: Immediate effects of bushfire at Como-Jannali. The arrow points to the remains of houses between Lincoln Crescent and Soldiers Street.
Source: sres.anu.edu.au/associated/fire/IUFRO/CONFLAG/NSW94/como_jan.HTM Last accessed: 2001

I have also been personally devastated by divorce.
See the full article by Rev. Colin Jones.
Through difficult times recently, I have rediscovered God's sufficient grace (click here for an article 'What’s So Amazing About Grace?' by Rowland Croucher),
that is, I've found that God has not let me go!