In 1998, a series of...
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In 1998, a series of tornados caused extensive damage in Florida. Many stories circulated about them, but one of the strangest was reported on National Public Radio.
Somewhere in Florida there was a man who was deeply and irrationally afraid of water. This fear went way beyond his not knowing how to swim; somehow he was convinced that he would die, one day, of drowning. As a precaution, the man used to listen to the weather report every night. If it sounded like a storm was coming, he'd wear a lifejacket to bed. Everyone who knew this man thought he was crazy as a loon. But, as it turned out, he had the last laugh.
When the tornados came, they tore into his home. A funnel--cloud picked the man right up out of his bed, and deposited him in a nearby lake. There he floated for over an hour, before the police fished him out, unharmed. The rescuers testified that, if the man hadn't been wearing a life jacket, he never would have survived.
Maybe he was crazy as a loon ---- or maybe he was "crazy like a fox." Whatever odd premonition had led that man to wear a lifejacket to bed saved him on the night the tornados came.
There have been many strange things done in the name of security. In Luke 12, Jesus teaches that our true security comes not from the precautions we take to accumulate wealth on earth, but rather from "treasure in heaven."
Somewhere in Florida there was a man who was deeply and irrationally afraid of water. This fear went way beyond his not knowing how to swim; somehow he was convinced that he would die, one day, of drowning. As a precaution, the man used to listen to the weather report every night. If it sounded like a storm was coming, he'd wear a lifejacket to bed. Everyone who knew this man thought he was crazy as a loon. But, as it turned out, he had the last laugh.
When the tornados came, they tore into his home. A funnel--cloud picked the man right up out of his bed, and deposited him in a nearby lake. There he floated for over an hour, before the police fished him out, unharmed. The rescuers testified that, if the man hadn't been wearing a life jacket, he never would have survived.
Maybe he was crazy as a loon ---- or maybe he was "crazy like a fox." Whatever odd premonition had led that man to wear a lifejacket to bed saved him on the night the tornados came.
There have been many strange things done in the name of security. In Luke 12, Jesus teaches that our true security comes not from the precautions we take to accumulate wealth on earth, but rather from "treasure in heaven."
