So my wife loaded up the kids in the van this morning for a fun homeschool field trip to a radio station located on the campus of local, well-known church. When she gets there, the place is swarming with police officers that had apprehended a man who held one of the homeschool mothers and her children at gunpoint as he attempted to rob them. No one was hurt, thank the Lord. After being taken into custody, he allegedly was found to have an assortment of additional firearms in his car. Very scary stuff for that mom and her kids to face. Pray for them if you are so inclined.
I’m sure no one attending that event thought that this is how their day would play out. Situations like this can really make one think about how little control we actually have of the events in our lives and how we always need to be ready, especially as Christians. Though no one was hurt, Ecclesiastes 9:12 is brought to my mind as I ponder this event:
Moreover, no man knows when his hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so men are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.
May God bless you this day.