My Baptism by Fire

[hitail]

Baptism by Fire April 25, 2008

This evening, I decided to clean off our island near our house that is completely surrounded by water 15’ deep water 200’ on all sides.  I skipped cleaning it up last year and it had grown up head high in briers and bushes.  This spring the canadian geese that make their home there had all ready hatched off seven

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[torakiyoshi]

I Cor 3.9-15:

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

I would have been quite freaked. On the other hand, I'd brave the fire. If it was a narrow enough flame wall, I'd have tried jumping through it (then doing a quick Stop, Drop and Roll) and stay on the burnt side. But then, I'm quite afraid of snakes, especially ones that kill with a bite, and snakes seem to be attracted to me.

-=TK

[hitail]

Thanks for the verse, I have read this not too long back and it must have been in the back of my mind when I titled this entry. I was shaken up to say the least, but really could not have gotten out of jumping because of the wind fanning the flames in my direction and the very high briars. I have known of only one fellow that has gotten bitten underwater by a moccasin out fishing in the creek, so I thought the risk was somewhat low. A very good older friend of mine is called the “Catfish Preacher” and has a video out on fishing by snagging big cats spawning in holes in the lake shore with a 10’ piece of pvc pipe and a treble hook. He has never gotten bitten despite doing this most summer weekends. God Bless

[torakiyoshi]

Then the Preacher is a far braver man than me!

-=TK