Mrs. Fisher had never been so frightened in her life. She was driving along Park Street, just two blocks from her home, when she saw something speeding toward her down the hill on Linden Street, a street that crossed her path. Even though she tried to stop and even swerved up over the curb to miss it, the flying object was too close, and she heard the loud thud of something hitting her car.
When Mrs. Fisher jumped out of her car, she found a bloody-faced boy on the ground. He had been riding down the hill flat on his stomach on a skateboard.
The screeching of brakes and the loud thud brought Mrs. Kase running out of her house on the corner. One glance told her what had happened, and she ran back inside to call the police. Mrs. Fisher was so thankful ... it seemed the police were there almost immediately.
The injured boy kept trying to get up off the grass. He kept saying that he was not hurt, even though he was covered with blood. When Officer Jim arrived, the boy refused to tell the officer his name, giving reasons like, “I’m not hurt,” “my mother isn’t home,” and, “I don’t want to go to the hospital.” Then the paramedics arrived and there was no more argument — the boy was loaded into the ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
Later, Officer Jim came to Mrs. Fisher’s house to get her report of the accident. The boy had not been seriously injured, Officer Jim assured her. After some X-rays and getting cleaned up, he had been sent home. It turned out that he was much more frightened than hurt.
Kevin was 11 years old. Just the day before the accident occurred, he had been stopped by Officer Jim and sternly warned about riding his skateboard down the hill on Linden Street. Officer Jim had written down in his records that he had talked with Kevin.
No wonder Kevin was afraid! He knew he had been warned by the officer, and now he was not only hurt but he was also in trouble. Officer Jim told Mrs. Fisher that he had given Kevin a ticket for disobeying the law.
Kevin did not listen to Officer Jim’s warning and he got in trouble. God’s Word, the Bible, tells us, “[You] must be born again” (John 3:77Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. (John 3:7)). Have you listened to and obeyed that important warning from God Himself? Kevin ended up with his name written in Officer Jim’s police records, and that was something he did not like. God keeps several different record books. There is one of His record books where we all need to have our names written. It is called the book of life. I’m glad my name is written there because the Bible says, “Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:1515And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15)). Accept the Lord Jesus Christ now and your name will be written in that book and you won’t have to go into the lake of fire.
Messages of God’s Love 12/29//2024