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  • As a seven-year-old boy living in the Arabian Peninsula, I

  • was consistently told by my parents to

  • always wear my shoes.

  • And I understood why.

  • I knew that shoes would protect my feet against the

  • many threats to be found in the desert such as snakes,

  • scorpions, and thorns.

  • One morning after a night's camping in the desert, I

  • wanted to go exploring, but I did not want to bother putting

  • on my shoes.

  • I rationalized that I was only going for a little wander, and

  • I would stay close by the camp.

  • I told myself that flip-flops were shoes of a sort.

  • And anyway, what could possibly happen?

  • As I walked along the cool sand in my flip-flops, I felt

  • something like a thorn going into the arch of my foot.

  • I looked down and saw not a thorn, but a scorpion.

  • The pain of the sting began to rise from my

  • foot and up my leg.

  • I grabbed the top of my leg to try and stop the searing pain

  • from moving further and I cried out for help.

  • My parents came running from the camp.

  • I sulked while my parents loaded me into a car and set

  • off across the desert towards the nearest hospital which was

  • over two hours away.

  • The pain through my leg was excruciating, and for that

  • entire journey, I assumed that I was dying.

  • When I finally reached the hospital, the doctor was able

  • to assure us that only small infants and the severely

  • malnourished are threatened by the sting of

  • that type of scorpion.

  • He administered an anesthetic which numbed my leg and took

  • away any sensation of pain.

  • Within 24 hours, I no longer had any effects from the sting

  • of the scorpion, but I had learned a powerful lesson.

  • I had known that when my parents told me to wear shoes,

  • they did not mean flip-flops.

  • But that morning in the desert, I disregarded what I

  • knew to be right.

  • I ignored what my parents had repeatedly taught me.

  • I had been both lazy and a little rebellious.

  • And I paid a price for it.

  • Disregarding what we know to be right, whether through

  • laziness or rebelliousness, always brings undesirable and

  • spiritually damaging consequences.

  • We find healing and relief only when we bring ourselves

  • to the feet of the great physician, our Savior Jesus

  • Christ. We must cease fighting against God and instead give

  • our whole hearts to Him holding nothing back.

  • Then He can heal us.

  • Then He can cleanse us from the venomous sting of sin.

As a seven-year-old boy living in the Arabian Peninsula, I

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蠍子之刺 (The Sting of the Scorpion)

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    So Ling Lee 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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