Prevention

  [337 words] Scenes from the past stroll across my memory as l hear the words “fire prevention.” Fire Prevention Week at school brought lessons about fire and its destructive force. Really neat, plastic helmets, “just like the ones firemen wear” adorned the heads of school children. Plastic badges and the title “Jr. Fire Marshall” were bestowed upon those who passed the quizzes on fire safety. Through the cooperation of teachers, parents and community members, impressionable young minds were molded toward careful use of fire. Only God knows the number of injuries and deaths that were prevented by the patient, wise instruction given and reinforced during those weeks. God also knows the power of sin and worldliness. Knowing those things and the individual’s free will, he has given instructions for Christians in order to prevent them from falling away and being overtaken by sin. My thoughts turn to the last…