My sister, Jan, and her husband, Steve, were on their way to our house for the weekend yesterday. A train buzzed along the tracks on the right next to them. Suddenly, my bro-in-law yelled, "TRAIN WRECK!" My sis looked up to see the huge cylindral shaped cars rolling off the track into the ditch. As the train cars hit the ground, a white cloud of some kind of dry chemical filled the air. Steve jerked the truck to the left (Thankfully no cars were coming) and went off over a one foot drop-off (road construction) then cut through a field to another highway. Jan called 911 and once they were far enough away, they got out and tried to stop traffic so that people wouldn't get near enough to breathe the unidentified hazardous chemical. (That's what the news reports call it, we still don't know what it was.) Only two people stopped. One listened to Steve and turned around and went back the way he came. The other one scoffed and said, "Oh, I doubt there's really anything hazardous" and went on his merry way. Of course, the fact was there was no more thru traffic that day so even that man did eventually have to turn around I'm sure.

We were so thankful to see them alive after their close call, but this morning I got to thinking about the people Steve tried to stop and couldn't and the two who did stop to hear what he had to stay. Isn't it that way when we try to share the gospel? Most people just keep on driving and occasionally one will stop to scoff, before going on. But then there's the one who believes the truth and turns around. That makes it all worth the effort.

BTW, the train apparently derailed because excess heat warped a train rail. Thankfully, according to news reports there were no major injuries as a result, although several cars had dents and broken windshields, etc.

Keep telling the truth. Someone will believe it! :) Peace and love to you all!