Life's Suprises
Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 09:26 AM
1 John 5:13 “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”Life is full of surprises. Things happen that we never expect to have happen. People’s lives are sometimes changed by the events of the day or even a single minute. Are you prepared for life’s surprises?
In 1936 Ralph Neves, a famous jockey, was riding his horse in a race at Bay Meadows. The horse tripped as he entered the stretch and threw Ralph headfirst into the rail. The track doctor rushed to his side, but he was too late. He could find no pulse; Ralph was dead. The ambulance came anyway and rushed Ralph Neves to the hospital. After several attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a sheet. The people at the racetrack were in shock. Ralph’s wife had been called to meet with the president of the racetrack. The jockeys were taking a collection for the widow. Then, to everyone’s complete surprise, Ralph Neves came walking into the clubhouse. The jockeys screamed, his wife fainted, and Ralph told his story. He said, “I knew I didn’t feel dead, even if I was sore all over.” He spoke out to the doctor through the draped sheet, so they rushed him on a gurney into a room. Ralph thought that was a waste, so he put on his clothes, rode to the track in a cab, and rode the horse, Instigator, in the seventh race that same day.
Salvation is not a surprise. You can know you are saved.
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