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Conference lgp30::christian-perspective

Title:	Discussions from a Christian Perspective
Notice:	Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome!
Moderator:	CSC32::J_CHRISTIE

Created:	Mon Sep 17 1990
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1362
Total number of notes:	61362

1268.0. "Eye on the Sparrow" by CSC32::J_CHRISTIE (Psalm 85.10) Wed Aug 28 1996 22:58

Luke 12:6  Are not five �sparrows� sold for two farthings, and not
one of them is forgotten before God?
12:7  But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many �sparrows.�

Matthew 10:29  Are not two �sparrows� sold for a farthing? and one
of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
10:30  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31  Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many
�sparrows.�

A little over two weeks ago, I was present at the scene of a shattering
hit-and-run accident at Kiowa and Nevada in Colorado Springs.  A woman
walking in the crosswalk was struck by a motorist and hurled high into
the air like a mannequin.  After what seemed like several seconds, she
landed in the southbound lane of Nevada more than 30 feet from where
she started.  The driver, as far as I know, never slowed down.

Fortunately, if there's anything fortunate about this incident, there was
a Manitou Springs Police cruiser stopped at the intersection adjacent to
the accident.  He was on the radio even before he turned the corner to
block traffic.

The pedestrian was still alive.  Though motionless all the time she was
in the street, I saw her move her leg when she was on the stretcher before
she was lifted aboard the ambulance.

I was amazed she had not been killed outright.

Every so often I find a featherless sparrow chick dead on the sidewalk and
I wonder if God was with this one when it fell from its nest.

Richard

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1268.1		MKOTS3::JMARTIN	Madison...5'2'' 95 lbs.	`Thu Aug 29 1996 10:16`	6
	Richard: It must be a real shock to witness something like this. Have you heard if she is doing alright? -Jack
1268.2		SMARTT::DGAUTHIER		`Thu Aug 29 1996 12:01`	8
	This guy didn't even slow down? Did they catch him? Was he drunk (not that it would excuse anything). When a sparrow dies, it dies as a result of God's will. But, if man has free will, and a man/woman kills another, well, it just doesn't seem like it could be part of a divine plan.
1268.3		PHXSS1::HEISER	maranatha!	`Thu Aug 29 1996 12:22`	2
	God said to Cain in Genesis that He heard Abel's blood crying from the ground.
1268.4		BIGQ::SILVA	http://www.yvv.com/decplus/	`Thu Aug 29 1996 12:48`	1
	that's because it was dirty blood! icky....
1268.5		CSC32::J_CHRISTIE	Psalm 85.10	`Thu Aug 29 1996 15:17`	17
	.1 > It must be a real shock to witness something like this. Have you heard > if she is doing alright? I was more glad than usual to see my family when I got home. That's for sure. Yes, I visited her in the hospital (Leftover chaplain drive, I guess). The pedestrian survived. She is a 44 year old cartographer. Miraculously, except for superficial wounds, she had no injuries above her neck. She had broken bones all over the place (Shoulder, collar, hips, ribs, leg). Her right knee was pretty badly torn up inside. She sustained no internal organ damage! She'll never be as good as new, but she'll come back pretty far. Richard
1268.6		CSC32::J_CHRISTIE	Psalm 85.10	`Thu Aug 29 1996 15:26`	18
	.2 > This guy didn't even slow down? Did they catch him? Was he drunk (not > that it would excuse anything). Sadder, the motorist was a 74 year old woman driving a new white Lincoln Towncar. She returned to the scene some minutes later. The front and hood was dented in and the windshield was smashed on the passenger side. I hear the driver had run the light red southbound on Nevada. > When a sparrow dies, it dies as a result of God's will. But, if man has > free will, and a man/woman kills another, well, it just doesn't seem > like it could be part of a divine plan. I can make no assertions here. Richard
1268.7		PHXSS1::HEISER	maranatha!	`Thu Aug 29 1996 15:40`	3
	\|that's because it was dirty blood! icky.... not even close.
1268.8	and I know He watches me	CSLALL::HENDERSON	Every knee shall bow	`Thu Aug 29 1996 15:46`	12
	A man at my church occasionally sings "His Eye is on the Sparrow", and one time he told of when a rather viscious wind and rain storm was in progress, and as he was dashing from his car to his house, he spotted a sparrow, huddled under a bush as the storm raged. The story brought tears to the eyes of many of us in church that morning. Jim