BBD 05.09.14 Don't Give Up! (New)
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The Burning
Bush Devotional
05.09.14
Don’t Give Up!
Fear
not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen
you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ -
Isaiah 41:10.
Kristin Hopkins can
be thankful that an unknown man stopped along a highway in Colorado to take
some photos and somehow spotted her wrecked car. The man apparently thought
that whoever was inside the vehicle was dead, reported it to the local
Sheriff’s Office and left. Kristin, a 43-year-old mother, was still clinging to
life after a horrific accident. For whatever reason, her car flew off the
roadway for about 120 feet and then rolled another 200 feet into a clump of
trees. The crash alone should have killed her, but she survived for five days
without food or water.
Kistin somehow near
the end of her ordeal found the strength to push a red and white umbrella
through a small opening. She had written on the umbrella, “Six days, no food, no water; please help me; need a
doctor.” It sounds like from most recent news reports that Kristin will survive
although both of her feet have been amputated. One of the emergency responders,
firefighter Jim Cravener, said: “She really had a strong will to survive.”
(05.07.14 CNN; NBC News; USA Today; ABC News; New York Daily News and various
other news venues)
Life can
be challenging to say the least! Most of us will not have to face a challenge
as horrific as Kristin Hopkins faced and is now facing as she recovers.
However, we will all face challenges of one form or another in life, to one
degree or another. Many of us have faced difficult health issues, others have
suffered the death of a loved one, others like Kristin have faced the challenge
of recovering from severe accidents. Then there are financial challenges, job
challenges, and multitudes of other challenges that we humans may suddenly
encounter.
Kristin Hopkins has given us an example of what to do when faced
with an extreme life challenge. The example she gives is this: DON’T GIVE UP!
Keep on living, keep on surviving, keep on breathing, until help arrives.
God gives us in Isaiah 41:10, a great promise. God says, “Fear
not…” Why should we “Fear not?” Because God says, “I am with you….” If that is
not enough God affirms that we should “fear not” because, “I am your God.” But
knowing how weak we are God goes even further and says, “I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold
you with My righteous right hand.” God would say to you who are struggling, who
face overwhelming difficulties in life, through Isaiah 41:10 this one thing,
DON’T GIVE UP!
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