The video shows officers quickly surrounding the vehicle after the K-9 had entered the car, which enabled them to safely take the driver into custody.

Nothing will sober you up faster than a 60-pound German Shepherd flying through your window. Police K-9s are specially trained negotiators. After multiple warnings, officers deployed K-9 Midas through the driver’s side window. The results were predictable.

“The Hound of Heaven” is a famous 182-line religious poem by English writer Francis Thompson. Published in 1890, it describes a soul running away from God. God is the hound who chases the person with steady, slow, and certain steps. In the end, the soul realizes it cannot hide and finds love.

Luke 19:10 

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

When I was in bad shape and lawless, He came thru my window. Give it some thought.

Gary

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.”

–       S.I. Hayakawa.

Failure is not an excuse not to keep trying. Many an individual achieved success on the back of many failures. Don’t give up because success could be just over the next rise.

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already attained or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

If you failed, don’t look back; try again. Give it some thought.

Gary

Headline: Five teen friends killed after vehicle plunges down Colorado cliff, leaving community shattered.

Unfortunately, we’re not born with an expiration date stamped on the bottom of our foot.

What does the Bible say about life? Glad you asked.

Proverbs 27:1 

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Psalm 112:7 

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.

Life is unpredictable. We can you handle it with God. Give it some consideration.

Gary

He was just another kid who liked being funny. For example, a popup flyball was coming down towards him, so he lay face down on the sod and put his glove over his head. It was a funny scene. The years passed and he sold some drugs to a boy who later wrecked his car.  It wasn’t a joke anymore. The boy’s life ended on the asphalt, and the seller’s emotional well-being ended right along with it.

Lesson: Life is unpredictable, and our actions are not always humorous but can be deadly. The way we bring up children, our plans for the future, and our lack of responsibility as Christians can bring death to others.

Is this a new concept? No, it started six thousand years ago.

Genesis 3:1-24 

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” …

Careful out there. Give it some thought.

Gary

Tree trimmer dies after co-worker’s hydraulic grapple prank goes horribly wrong. This tragedy was reported in the news. Good-old-boy was fooling around with some heavy equipment and killed a coworker.

Playing the fool is dangerous. Does the Bible address it? Glad you asked.

Proverbs 28:26 

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Proverbs 10:23 

Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

Don’t be a fool; ask God for wisdom and work safely. Give it some thought.

Gary

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

Lily Tomlin

Lily sure had that right. It can also be illustrated in the human experience. Some humans certainly are a lot better than many humans. However, that doesn’t change them from being human.

What does the Bible have to say about the downside of these creatures? Glad you asked.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.

Isaiah 40:6

All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

Psalm 103:14

For He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust.

You might be better than others, but you are still you. Give it some consideration.

Gary

There was a young lady of Kent.
Whose nose was most awfully bent.
She followed her nose,
One day, I suppose,
And no one knows which way she went.

Following your instincts is a national tragedy.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death

King Saul and Esau in the Old Testament are great examples of following your instinct instead of the promises of God. The results are tragic.

Give it some thought.

Gary