As Charles Wesley was
preparing to put the steak and lobster on the
grill, he stopped by some bushes in his yard to
pull a couple of weeds. Along with the weeds, he
saw a yellow and black box about the size of a
car battery that put a real damper on his
afternoon barbeque—the box had the word
"nuclear" on it.
Wesley says “That’s all I
needed to see is the words, 'radioactive’ and
'nuclear.' Something like that you can't just
throw it in your trash can." Wesley contacted
authorities, who put a quick end to his
barbeque. Police cordoned off the area and
evacuated the neighborhood while they
investigated. After all, in this age of
terrorism, you can’t be too safe.
Authorities later determined
the box was a nuclear compaction device used in
construction. Bethlehem Assistant Fire Chief
David Rufe says it had the same radiation level
as two household smoke detectors. There was no
real danger to Wesley, not this time anyway, but
it always pays to exercise caution—especially
when not doing so could have catastrophic
results.
—Associated Press, 'Nuclear'
Discovery Dampens Barbeque, May 30, 2004,
Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
Proverbs 27:12 (NIV) “The
prudent see danger and take refuge, but the
simple keep going and suffer for it.”
DANGER
Things are not always as safe
as they seem.Most people would assume that
bottled Mineral Water is pure, without any trace
of fungi or bacterial contamination.But Dr.Rocus
R.Klont, a Dutch researcher reports that 40% of
the samples they recently studied at the
University Medical Center Nijmegen tested
positive for fungi or bacteria."These findings
indicate that the general perception that
bottled water is safe and clean is not true,"
Klont said.
—http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=17&u=/nm/water_bacteria_dc.
Illustration
by Jim L. Wilson
Danger often lurks in
unexpected places; that's why we must forever be
diligent.
1 Peter 5:8 (HCSB) "Be sober!
Be on the alert! Your adversary the Devil is
prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for
anyone he can devour."
DANGER
Ashwag
Hajihamid
is a young Yazidi woman who was abducted by
ISIS and sold into slavery in Iraq back in
2014. She escaped Iraq and fled to Germany.
All was well until one day in Germany when she
encountered the man that had enslaved her. “I
ran away from Iraq so I would not see that
ugly face and forget anything that reminds me
of it, but I was shocked to see him in
Germany.”
World
Magazine,
September 15, 2018 p. 12
Those
that
enslave us are everywhere and they are not
always human. Sometimes they are things,
possessions, addictions, lusts, or attitudes.
We must always be on guard for those things or
people who would devour us. —Jim L. Wilson and
Rodger Russell.
1
Peter 5:8 (CSB)
Be
sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the
devil is prowling around like a roaring lion,
looking for anyone he can devour.
DANGER
After all their other efforts failed,
National Grid announced they would bring a
canon to scare away hundreds of crows that
have been hanging around an electrical
substation in Massachusetts. The utility
company said they were removing the birds
because if one landed on the wrong piece of
equipment, it could cause a huge power outage.They
are also concerned because bird droppings are
corrosive to connections. They said no birds
would be hurt, because the propane canon does
not launch anything; it just makes loud noises
that annoy the birds. The canon will be fired
for several days, and police have warned
residents about the project.—Jim L. Wilson and
Jim Sandell
Proverbs 27:12 (CSB) “A
sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the
inexperienced keep going and are punished.”
DANGER
An unnamed
resident of Lake Worth Beach,
Florida has an interesting 14-year-old pet
parrot. His neighbors heard someone
screeching from inside his house. “Let me
out!” “Let me out!” the voice called.
They did what any good citizen would do. They
called 911.
When four
sheriff’s deputies arrived, they
discovered the man calmly working on a car in
his driveway who took them in the
house and introduced them to the Rambo, his
screaming parrot.
I hope the
false alarm does not discourage the
reporting neighbors in the future from
reporting such disturbances. That could
have been a disastrous situation. There are a
lot of people in danger who need
someone calling 911. –Jim L. Wilson and Rodger
Russell.
The Week
January 24, 2020, p. 12
Matthew 10:27
(CSB)
What I tell
you in the dark, speak in the
light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on
the housetops.
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