The Man
Saturday, March 10, 2007
The man walks up the stairs with a slight, but pronounced limp. Just trying to get up stairs was hard and took away his breath; he preferred buildings with no steps. "If I only would have listened to my dad years ago, I wouldn't be having the problems," he mutters to himself.
This man has a name. Mr. Beeman is what I know him by. His story goes something like this: When he was a young boy his family lived in a house by some railroad tracks. A train would pass by the railroad tracks every day. This day his dad had to leave to go on an errand. "Stay away from the railroad tracks," Mr. Beeman remembered his dad saying. But, curiosity and rebelliousness got the best of him. "Come on," he thought, "nothing can happen; the train moves so slow anyway." So, he went out to see the train. Whether he decided he wanted to see if he could hop on cowboy style, I can't remember, but the outcome is the same. He lost his leg. One act of disobedience and his life would be changed forever. Mr. Beeman went through many trials after that, but what he is now, what I see him as, is one of the wisest men I know. God had to teach him the hard way, how to obey.
I'm sure all you from ICA know where I am going with this and a moving your mouse up to the x to close this window. But, the truth remains and God reminded me of this tonight because of the cell phone bust. Yeah, all of you who aren't at ICA, there was a cell phone bust. Every person in the high school and junior high was taken to a room to be padded down for cell phones. Yes, I had mine on me, and, yes, they found it. I was upset about it until I remembered this little truth. Maybe this is a warning shot. Maybe, God is helping us, me, to realize the importance of obeying before we lose our leg, or worse.
We disobeyed we got our phones taken away period. No..."but I need it in order to drive." We made the choice and we paid the price. Just as Mr. Beeman made the choice to disobey, and he paid with his leg. Sure, he could have said..."but I need it to walk God, You don't have the right to take it away from me." But, he didn't get that opportunity. No he didn't get his leg back after a week. Even now, with the advancements made in medicine, he has trouble walking on his prosthetic leg.
God, has rebuked my soul, may he rebuke yours also.
Posted by The Dave 9:27 PM
