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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

There are three types

Here is a story that put things in perspective for me!

I'll paint the picture...
A few years ago, Brock and Auny were on the beach in Pensacola, FL. They were sitting in the sand, around sunset. There weren't many people on the beach at that time. A few here and there and then these two people that were in the water. Auny was watching the people and after a few moments she felt like they were yelling for HELP.
A man walked by, stopped, looked at the people in the water, looked at Brock and Auny then turned and walked off. He avoided the call out for help.
Brock realized the people were yelling, but he couldn't really understand why because they were in chest high water and it looked like the were fine. Brock ran out to them and when he got there both people went limp. The girl was already in the first stage of drowning. He scooped them up still trying to figure out what was going on. When he turned, he figured it out real quick...They were in a rip current!
For those not familiar with rip currents, it's a wall water going outward, away from the shore. The pressure is extremely high and it's almost impossible to stay above water. Brock yelled for Auny to go get help! As she ran to find someone, he realized he had to do something because the two people he had were struggling and they were pulling him under with them.
He planted one foot after the other and after what seemed like a half an hour on struggle, he had pushed his way to the shore carrying the two individuals with him. All three fell to the sand exhausted!
It is a story of heroism but it always describes three types of people in this world.

  • The people who are drowning in sin! Crying out for help.
  • The people who walk by and do nothing!(the man on the beach)
  • The people who do something about it...who get involved and try to help!

Which one are you? Are you doing something about it?

1 awesome remarks:

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Yo girl. Hope you are good.

See ya later.

C