Near MissesTHE FIREFIGHT was intense. Private First Class Larry Thorpe was standing in chest-high elephant grass, firing his weapon as fast as he could spot enemy muzzle flashes. When ...
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Near Misses THE FIREFIGHT was intense. Private First Class Larry Thorpe was standing in chest-high elephant grass, firing his weapon as fast as he could spot enemy muzzle flashes. When something hit him in the back, he thought someone had thrown a rock at him. He was momentarily annoyed but didn’t pay much attention to it. A few seconds later, he squatted down to reload his rifle and noticed an enemy grenade on the ground between his feet. “I didn’t know what to do,” he exclaimed, “then it dawned on me what had hit me in the back. I didn’t know whether to laugh or run.” In the next instant, running seemed the better option, and Thorpe sprinted away from the site of his near catastrophe. He commented later, “All I can say is I’m lucky it was a dud. Somebody must be looking after me.”  We have all had our near misses—if not in combat, then on the highway or somewhere else. We can look at these events in different ways. First, there is almost always a logical explanation for how we avoided the potential catastrophe. Our quick reaction may have saved us from the accident, or the “odds” were just on our side. The second possibility is that there really is “somebody looking after me.” As a skeptic for most of my adult life, I was unable to concede the existence of a God so involved in the world. Now, however, I can offer my conviction that God has indeed protected me many times during my life. I thank him every day for this protection and try to keep my efforts in life focused on being worthy of his favor. There may be logical explanations for most events, but there are also mysteries we will never understand. Life is infinitely more rewarding when we have faith that God is in control and is capable of performing miracles that can change our lives. | |
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