Rescued on honeymoon....
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Welcome to Thought
for the Day. We had a recent wedding of a couple that met at church and so
wedding bells have been on my mind.
So I was pretty astonished
when I read the story of Acaimie and Clay Chastain[1]. They
were on honeymoon in the Caribbean climbing a volcano. Husband Clay descended deeper
into the crater while his new wife Acaimie waited. Suddenly she heard the sound
of something snapping and cried out to him, but he didn’t respond.
Facing her fears,
she climbed down deep into the dormant volcano to see him lying on his side
covered in blood. The couple think a rope had snapped and he had had a terrible
fall which involved him cracking his skull and jaw and spinal fluid was leaking
into his sinuses. Neither of their mobiles had any signal.
Acaimie helped Clay
to walk propping him up and trying to stop him from stumbling. Eventually they got
to help and he was transferred to hospital in the US where he has made a good
recovery. He still has no clear recollection the accident.
Later on Acaimie,
who is a Christian, said this. “When I climbed into the volcano to save my new
husband’s life, I proved that love is stronger than fear”.
Love is stronger than
fear. It’s so true. When you love someone, you’ll do anything for them, no
matter what it means to you, no matter what you have to face.
Many people think
that Christianity is a rule book. Do this, go to church, say your prayers, give
to charity, and eventually your good deeds will outweigh your bad. But it’s not
like that at all.
The Christian story
is that of a divine husband (Jesus) going to extraordinary lengths for the one
he loves (you) to rescue you at the cost of his own life. And once you know
that love it enables you to overcome your fears too, because as Acaimie said “love
is stronger than fear”. Have you received that love?
Thanks so much for
listening.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/aug/30/experience-i-rescued-my-husband-from-a-volcano