What once bothered us doesn't bother us anymore. What once activated our conscience doesn't seem to anymore. What we knew was outside of God’s boundaries, and therefore functionally outside of ours, lives inside our boundaries, and it doesn’t matter to us anymore. It is a scary place to be. The hard heart is a stony heart. It is not malleable anymore. It’s hard and resistant to change, no longer tender and responsive to the squeeze of the hands of the Spirit. There is evil in our hearts and in the acts of our hands, and we’re okay with it. Could there be a more dangerous place for a believer to be?
Paul David Tripp

Near Drowning

Near Drowning

  • NEAR DROWNING =========================

If someone near you is drowning, take action FAST.

  1. Get the victim out of the water.
  2. Have someone call for an ambulance. NEVER LEAVE the victim.
  3. Turn his or her head to one side and press gently on the abdomen.
  4. If the victim starts breathing, wait with him until help comes.
  5. If he doesn’t begin breathing, start artificial respiration immediately. Follow these steps:
    1. Turn him on his back.
    2. Lift his neck with one hand and push his forehead back with the other.
    3. If he is not breathing, pinch his nose, take a deep breath, and cover his mouth with yours.
    4. Breathe deeply four times in rapid succession, without giving the lungs time to deflate.
    5. Feel for a pulse for five seconds.
    6. If there is a pulse, give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with one breath every five seconds. Maintain an open airway and check the pulse once a minute.
    7. If his heartbeat stops, use a cardiac massage (see CPR).
    8. Keep up the resuscitative measures until the victim is breathing or the ambulance arrives.