RESCUED! A true story

  Have you ever been lost? I mean, really lost? So lost, in 
fact, that you needed someone to help you get back on the 
right track? If you're blind, and have done any amount of 
independent travel, the answer is, most likely, Yes.  It's 
happened to all of us at one time or another.  (Actually, 
it happens to sighted people, too, especially, to drivers 
who won't ask directions, and wind up in the next state, 
before they're willing to admit that they're lost.)

  My first Leader Dog, Norton, and I got very lost one 
time.  (Actually, Norton and I got very lost many times; 
I'll just tell you about one occasion.) On this particular 
Sunday, we went to a record store, made a purchase and 
started home.  Unfortunately, we made a bad crossing or 
something, and ended up in Schenley Park, around which we 
wandered for about 3 hours.  (It was a little before 5 
p.m., when we left the store, and I was beginning to wonder 
if we'd make it home for the 11 o'clock news! Finally, in 
desperation, I climbed to the street level, and stuck out 
my thumb! After a bit, a nice man stopped, invited us into 
his car, and drove us home.  (As it turned out, I was only 
about a block from where I should have been.) When I 
finally got home, it was after 8 p.m.  I was certainly glad 
that that nice man was there to rescue us! Norton was also 
pretty thrilled about it, since he was cold and hungry!

  Now, you're probably saying: "Good story, Bob, but, so 
what? What does that have to do with anything spiritual?
" Well, here's what: just as I was physically lost, and 
needed a rescuer, we were all spiritually lost, and needed 
a rescuer.  In fact, the Bible says that we were not only 
lost, but we were dead!!! The Bible tells us that we were 
at enmity with God; that is, we were His enemies--not 
because He didn't love us, but because of our sin! We were 
in bad shape.  But God, in His great love, grace, and 
mercy, sent His son, Jesus, to rescue us from the clutches 
of the devil.  He did that by His death, burial and 
resurrection.  By His death, he atoned for our sins; while 
in the toomb, He descended into hell, showing Satan who was 
really boss; with His resurrection, He overcame death, so 
that we might have eternal life.  Therefore, we're free; 
Satan no longer owns us!

  Norton and I were sure thankful for the nice man, who 
rescued us from Schenley park; How much more thankful, for 
Jesus Christ, who rescued us from sin, death and the devil!

Amen.
RESCUED! A true story

Bob Mates

Reprinted by permission of author

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