Today’s Thought “Lifesavers, Not Just a Candy” G. Ward Luke 16 22 Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms. 24 And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame. “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” was the tremendous prefacing for ABC’s broadcast Wide World of Sports. The streets would empty in great anticipation of this show’s sports features. It was the days to which we heard contrast of do’s and don’ts and whereas permissibility is our newest extreme sport, the exhilaration it promotes, maintains its death-defying maneuvers could very well promote one’s demise (*Heb.12:11). Instead, our lives are not merely happenstance, but established for Holy God’s purpose and the permissibility aforementioned is not to be named among those enlisted (Ro.6:23) and while tampering with temporal trinkets of de-testable things establishes a practice, the end for any won’t afford corrective measure; therefore, come to Jesus now (Ac.3:19)!