January 29, 2012    

“My cousin had casually mentioned a while back that he had been in an accident but that he was fine.  I thought very little about it, assuming that it was not very eventful.  This week I had the opportunity to view some pictures of the accident and I am absolutely amazed that he walked away unscathed!!! The car had left the road, went over an embankment (looks to be about 10-15 feet high) landing upside down in a fast moving creek which looked to be about 3-4 feet deep.  When I saw the picture of the car sitting upside down in the creek, I thought, “That was no minor accident even though he walked away unharmed.”  It is easy to see the dangers of our physical world, but there are dangers in the spiritual world all around us that we often fail to see.  We sometimes see no danger when we fall prey to the deceptions of Satan, or the will of our flesh, or when we succumb to the pressures of the world, and sadly we often reflect upon these events with an “Oh well” attitude, as though there is little danger in such things.  Little do we realize the impact that fall may have on others around us even if we are able to recover.  I’ve come to realize in my 55 years of life, that there are no minor accidents when I fall spiritually.  It seems as though someone is always injured.  We desperately need to be very careful in the way we conduct our lives so as to glorify God in all things.  That accident may not have seemed like much to my cousin, but after seeing the pictures, I was amazed that he could be so calm about it.  My failures spiritually may not seem so great to me, but others may not feel the same way. ”

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