RonJohnSilver
Well-Known Member
My wife texted me about an hour ago. One of her co-workers, a physician, had an accident at home today and died. He was apparently showing someone around his newly purchased property, which included a scenic creek and he stumbled and fell into a ravine. The man was a believer...he and my wife had talked about his/our churches so we know where he is. It got me to remembering though, another physician I knew slightly when I worked at that hospital. That doc was a little arrogant, well, more than a little, and outspoken and I heard him tell others that he was an agnostic/atheist. About six months after I heard that, he was riding his bicycle in his neighborhood, preparing for a competition and he was hit by a car. He was alive, but in a coma for another 2-3 years before he finally died. I've always wondered if, while he was in that coma, he could hear and think and, if so, did he wonder about eternity. Never know.
When I began working in the medical industry, my first foray was in the emergency department. I knew mentally that death can strike quickly, but seeing it first hand really brings it home. Here's a short sampling of some of the tragedies that occurred while I was working....
A family lost their infant child because their teen-age babysitter was more focused on flirting and tanning than watching their child. He fell off a raft in the lake and drowned.
A man went on a golfing holiday with some of his friends. He had a heart attack on the course.
A man went to work at a construction site and slipped and fell into a hole they were digging with a
mechanical auger. His leg was sliced off at the hip. He bled out before his coworkers could get him to the
hospital.
A worker in the lab at the hospital where I worked was called away from his duties and told that his son had
collapsed warming up for h.s. soccer practice. The coaches were right there and did the right things but he had no chance.
So, after today's event, and every event that occurs to someone I know, I think of these things and am reminded of the words of Paul that "today is the day of salvation". Witness when you can, don't stop praying.
When I began working in the medical industry, my first foray was in the emergency department. I knew mentally that death can strike quickly, but seeing it first hand really brings it home. Here's a short sampling of some of the tragedies that occurred while I was working....
A family lost their infant child because their teen-age babysitter was more focused on flirting and tanning than watching their child. He fell off a raft in the lake and drowned.
A man went on a golfing holiday with some of his friends. He had a heart attack on the course.
A man went to work at a construction site and slipped and fell into a hole they were digging with a
mechanical auger. His leg was sliced off at the hip. He bled out before his coworkers could get him to the
hospital.
A worker in the lab at the hospital where I worked was called away from his duties and told that his son had
collapsed warming up for h.s. soccer practice. The coaches were right there and did the right things but he had no chance.
So, after today's event, and every event that occurs to someone I know, I think of these things and am reminded of the words of Paul that "today is the day of salvation". Witness when you can, don't stop praying.
You???? Maybe now anyhow!!!!!! 
