On a ferry ride to La Ceiba there was a baby boy, he was maybe eleven months old in a
stroller. His mom who was seated comfortably for the almost 2 hour ride for whatever reason did not want to hold him despite the boy's efforts to get her to pick him up.
As he whined and cried the mom's only attempt to
pacify him was to continuously throw a blanket over his head (like pee
a boo). As that went on for what seemed like hours the baby continued
to whine. She
then moved on to shaking him as an alternative to
get him to be quiet. The first time she covered his face with her
hands and aggressively shook his head it took everything in me
not to go over and take the child.
But what got me to stand to my feet was when she grabbed his arms and began to shake him. Every year
thousands of babies die from "Shaken Baby Syndrome". Did you know as harmless
as twirling a
child around by their arms looks it can cause an injury called "Nurse Maid Elbow" and thousands of kids are seen in the emergency room
because little consideration was given to how fragile children can
be? I'm sure that mother never assumed for a second that she could
hurt her baby but how often do you think we neglect to think about the
long term effects of things that seems so minor even when it comes to our own personal safety?
The lack of consideration is never a problem right until the moment that it is. Any emergency can throw us for a major loop and sometimes the consequences can be fatal. Do you ever think about whether your salvation is secured or what happens when your time comes? Not taking any precautions about where you will end up once you die won't be a problem right up until the moment it is....
Not having a relationship with Christ can be like that baby boy on the ferry. We are fragile and at any moment a playful shaking can send us to our demise. Because of Adam we were born into sin but because of Christ we can have deliverance Romans 5:15-17.
Right up until this moment we have a choice, how will you choose?
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