Thought 238
Black Out
Have you ever come close to blacking-out? I almost did one day when needles were
mentioned. So here’s the story: one day I was mowing up by the road at the
corner of my parent’s property and was stung four or five times by a yellow
jacket. Most of body swelled up with hives and my mom called an ambulance. When
it got there they said I was stable and they could take me to the hospital and
give me an IV, but there wasn’t any real need to. I am scared ‘to death’ of
needles; I hate shots and the mention of needles made me start to turn white. I
made some excuse to go to the bathroom right after they said that, but halfway
there my vision was narrowing steadily. I turned around and made it back to the
kitchen where the paramedics and my mom was. My lips were white when I came
back and I ended up laying down to regain my vision—I came awful close to
passing out. As I was recovering on the floor, the paramedic said that he “was
just waiting for me to drop” because I looked just like the people that are
afraid of needles and pass out when they are given an IV. Long story short, if
you have ever come close to blacking out, you know just what it is like to have
your vision constricted because of fear. Likewise, when fear is dominating our lives
it becomes increasingly harder to steer away from the temptations and the broad
paths which so often stem off of the straight and narrow.
When you are blinded by
fear you are cut off from freedom.
Thought Provoker
V Think hard, are you
ensnared in any fashion? Is a spiritual ‘black out’ drawing nigh? Or are you
already so blinded that you don’t even realize it (lukewarm), because the
blindness has been the norm for so long?
If you
are ensnared, Pray and ask the Lord
to remove the shackles of fear, and ask Him to open your eyes to what wicked
and ugly things (though sinful things are lustfully beautiful at first) ensnare
you.
