Posted on 07/06/2017 7:41:50 PM PDT by null and void
Beyond protecting their privacy, and adding paragraph breaks into a solid block of text, I didn’t change anything.
I agree with your assessment that the truck wasn’t going 50, if for no other reason than a collision was avoided.
Still, that was his assessment, how accurate would you or I be under the circumstances of nearly seeing our young child obliterated from existence in front of our very eyes?
Me, I wasn’t within 500 miles of there.
I try to live as if I believe, besides it being the decent and civil thing to do, there’s also Pascal’s Wager.
Yeah. I’m hopeful that the close call gave him the incentive to be more careful.
Of course, if he really is a demon, I hope the failure in his mission earns him a prompt recall!
Oh wait, yes I was, having gotten home a few hours earlier...
It sounds more and more supernatural to me.
I read an account about a fellow who accepted the Lord for salvation, but didn’t see a screeching change in his life that very moment. Instead, a visible repentance took shape over decades. In fact he got into some pretty bad trouble during that time.
I am trying to remember the name of the book. The author was Zane Hodges. The pastor of a church I used to go to, knew the author. There was a chapter titled “Thunderbird.” This told the story of how our salvation recipient got high on drugs and tried to drive home from many miles away, and there was a Thunderbird behind him who kept on honking whenever he would drift out of consciousness, until he arrived in his driveway — then the Thunderbird was gone.
Angels can appear in heavenly chariots. Why not in automobiles... and why can’t Satan do that too? This is all activity in a supernatural sphere and we should be awestruck because it violates all our earthly rules, yet doesn’t violate God’s rules, the God who permits the devil to sin and yet within constrained limits.
Pretty much my take as well.
God is patient; He has a grand schedule for things that all our hurry and worry can’t transcend.
Satan goes into the lake of fire, according to the Christian biblical book of Revelation. And so will human souls that insisted on clinging to Satan to the bitter end.
Finding ourselves bitter (unable to release distresses to the care of God) is a sign of having clung to Satan. God can still dissolve that bond. Trusting in His offer of salvation through the Son is the means.
As an aside, and I hope I don’t confuse, the question might arise, what about Jewish people. Well, all Christians used to be Jews. The baton passed almost entirely to Gentiles after Jews found out that a worldly salvation from worldly foes wasn’t always guaranteed by Jesus, and soured on the idea. In modern times? Well some receive an unmistakable conviction about Jesus before they die. Others might still be in the Old Testament condition, where the Savior was met after death (but Christians debate the interpretation of the details from the bible — for example, it is appointed unto all to die and then the judgment). At any rate you got a witness now. If you get a Spirit too, don’t ignore Him. He’s inviting you to go to heaven, starting with earth.
Give God the Praise and Glory! Thanks for sharing.
Angels, like all creatures, are subject to the will of God. Good angels are sent by God to help believers “Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”(Hebrews 1:14)
https://www.gotquestions.org/angels-Bible.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/guardian-angels.html
Thank you.
God’s own answer is: you’re quite welcome.
Don’t be too surprised at the national level: there are signs that something like this is coming. This isn’t isolated. God’s going to be bursting out all over, I most sincerely anticipate. This was all planned. God was getting His ducks in a row, and now you are starting to hear the shots.
Something even a lot of nonbelievers will find they can believe in.
Speaking as someone that’s been in the position of your so-called ‘devil’ despite not only being fully within the law but actually going below the speed limit and having encountered parents like this? Yeah, parents tend to vastly underestimate distances, overestimate speeds and demonize those they think were ‘responsible’ for the near accident when their failures to control their children were at least an equal if not greater a contributor than anything else.
When my last cat was less than two years old, he was smarter than this child about crossing the street. He would carefully look both ways before he set paw in the street and constantly keep checking to make sure no cars were coming. If there was a car, he would run to the nearest curb and wait for the street to be completely clear. If it wasn’t clear after a while, he’d simply go do something else and not cross the street. If your five year old child is not smarter than a sub two year old cat about crossing the street, your child *needs* to be on a leash. That may be harsh, but it’s the truth.
Have they considered the fact that if there *was* a collision, the second truck would likely have obliterated anyone standing behind it being ‘shielded’ as the impact would have knocked it spinning? That the parent or parents could also have been killed and then where would their surviving children or family members have been? Since the second “shielding” driver pulled an illegal move to block the road, that driver might have been found at fault for any accident and legally been responsible for causing deaths himself through no real fault of his own. All because this person’s child was not under control.
It’s nice to see you’re paying attention. Thanks for the interest. Keep up the good work.
When stopping for pedestrians, make sure they are aware of traffic speeding from the opposite direction. Honk—otherwise.
I know it was a resurrecting area. Any chance there are businesses nearby that might share their security camera video if you recount the story?
Any more info? Make of SUV? State plate? Driver particulars? South Shore, North Shore? Without some more info not much chance of an ID. Try posting note on the local face book.
I never called him a devil. Demon, certainly, but not devil.
Are you a parent, or just an expert on parenting?
I’m fascinated that you paint the worst possible scenario to make the hero of the story into a bad guy, you must be a lot of fun at parties, assuming you are ever invited...
I don't do facebook.
Approx. 4 weeks ago another very close friend was involved in an auto accident over by Lansing, MI. They were on the expressway in a construction zone, traveling maybe 5 mph, when they were rear ended by a pickup whose driver was distracted and hadn't even started to slow down. Mike's wife was also killed instantly...........
Like someone said above, life is fleeting and in the blink of an eye it can end.........
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