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MONDAY MORNING MOMENTS July 13, 1998 Vol. III Number 30
Picture this: Eric Valli, a professional photographer, is dangling by a nylon rope from a 395-foot cliff in Nepal. Nearby on a rope ladder is another man, Mani Lal, do what he as done for decades: hunting honey. Here in the Himalayan foothills, the cliffs shelter honeycombs of the world’s largest honeybee.
At the moment, thousands of them are buzzing around both men. Lal, a veteran of hundreds of such attacks, is calm. Not so Mr. Valli. Describing that moment in National Geographic, he says, “There were so many bees I was afraid I might freak out. But I knew if I did, I would be dead. So I took a deep breath and relaxed. Getting stung would be better than finding myself at the bottom of the cliff.” He overcame his fears and won a photo competition for his efforts.
Fear can send a person plummeting to destruction. Some believers, fearing the stings of persecution, testing, and temptation, have compromised their faith and slipped form the lifeline of Christ - which is why the Bible teaches us to fear God alone.
“Look at the Nations and watch - and be UTTERLY AMAZED. for I am going to do something in YOUR days that you would not believe even if you were told” Habakkuk 1:5
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