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New York Post (https://nypost.com/2021/04/13/florida-teen-electrocuted-after-fleeing-burning-car-during-storm/)

Florida teen electrocuted after fleeing burning car during storm

A Florida high-school senior tried to escape her burning car after she drove over a downed power line in a storm — only to be fatally electrocuted when she stepped on the live wire.

This was a very tragic event. A few of us read this, and we covered this in MCLC Staff Meeting. It reminded me immediately of Amos 5: 19. My mind had no time to truly absorb the incident, without immediately going from lion to bear. That is, seeing the issue in a Scriptural perspective. We know the 3 Synoptic gospels, see and focus on different aspects of the same event. They see Jesus from either a fulfilment of Jewish Scriptures, from a messianic viewpoint, or see Jesus as God incarnate, from John’s perspective. Each gospel writer sees something different in the same event. Not uncommon. In the above incident, some would focus on the age of the deceased, or the fact the father was so close by, or the problems with overhead street wiring. Everyone has their own viewpoint. Mine was - you can’t escape the time of your death. Fire or electricity; it is your time. Then I saw the incident, through Amos. So what does 2 Cor 5: 16 mean? We see no one from a worldly point of view. Then how do we see people? I guess, only spiritual is left. John 3: 3 is clear. You cannot see spiritual things, unless you are born from above. And then it is a process, to memorize, internalize and recall scriptures and appropriately apply to everyday situations. It is a very time consuming process, but then again, internalising the Scriptures makes them very real and true, and you see life, through the lenses of Scripture. Verse like Luke 2: 49; Mark 3: 31-35; John 2: 4, John 19: 26 (minus “dear”) can only be understood from a spiritual perspective. And 1 Cor 2: 14 makes it clear, why people cannot see things spiritually. So, a car accident will always be a tragic situation. Always. Yet, it also confirms Ps 139: 16 and also Lk 13: 2, 4. Death by murder, accident, or electrocution; you can't put death off. Is it desirable to put a Scripture to everything we see? I know it’s difficult; but then if we are able to do it, the LORD puts the Scripture, in our mind, in the current situation, to push us away from the brink. Many a time I fight, myself, with tears. I am near the brink. And then many Scriptures come to mind. It helps. Recently I heard a woman’s husband died. Immediately I thought of two women - one of them Abigail. 1 Sam 25: 38. Was there mourning? Tears? Of sorrow or of joy? Some are not permitted to experience what others do. Oh, what a wretched man I am. Yes, learn, learn, learn - just be careful of Acts 26: 24. Onwards…

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