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Stampeded
A few weeks ago, my wife and I were in Liebenscheid, Germany. One afternoon while out for a walk, we came upon a large flock of sheep being led down the hillside to the village below. Sheep are generally docile, and we had no problem passing by, even though there must have been several hundred of the wooly animals. However, I was reminded of another story I had read sometime earlier.
A farmer’s wife, 67-year-old Betty Stobbs, was killed when she was stampeded by the family’s flock of sheep. As she arrived on her ATV with a bale of hay, the ravenous sheep charged her and knocked her off her ATV and over a 100-foot cliff. Amazingly, she survived the fall. Unfortunately, her bike tumbled in after her, landing on top of her, and crushed her to death.
Life is uncertain at best. None of us plans to die today. But even while quietly performing our daily tasks, we can be ushered into eternity without a moment’s notice. Job said, “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not” (Job 14:1-2). That is why it is important to be saved NOW!
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