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Jacques LeFevrier left nothing to chance when he decided to commit suicide. He
stood at the top of a tall cliff and tied a noose around his neck. He tied the
other end of the rope to a large rock. He drank some poison and set fire to his
clothes. He even tried to shoot himself at the last moment. He jumped and fired
the pistol. The bullet missed him completely and cut through the rope above
him. Free of the threat of hanging, he plunged into the sea. The sudden dunking
extinguished the flames and made him vomit the poison. He was dragged out of
the water by a kind fisherman and was taken to hospital, where he died of
hypothermia.
Talk about having a bad day!!! Those of
us who are Christians can relate, though, as we seek to put to death what Paul
called “the old man”, the life we lived before becoming a Christian.
Sometimes it’s a struggle to get rid of the thoughts and the actions as the
“old man” refuses to die.
“Therefore put to death your
members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire,
and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God
is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when
you lived in them.” (Colossians 3:5-7)
Have a great day
Alan Smith
