{"id":1052,"date":"2018-09-26T15:56:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T15:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mistertipster.org\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2018-09-26T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T15:56:52","slug":"is-god-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/?p=1052","title":{"rendered":"Is God real?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1052\" class=\"elementor elementor-1052 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af06fa1 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af06fa1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9923b64\" data-id=\"9923b64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f279ebf elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f279ebf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-syt6xko elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"syt6xko\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ThatsMe_20170824B-po0dlneg7zj3qsj4o0tm1779o435p5i40pr6zsdts0.png\" title=\"ThatsMe_20170824B\" alt=\"ThatsMe_20170824B\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7kt9gzk elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7kt9gzk\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-jpjzcss\" data-id=\"jpjzcss\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-pmkloq4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"pmkloq4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c3cx61\" data-id=\"0c3cx61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ilxe6r elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ilxe6r\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is God real?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-x2vl4jx elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"x2vl4jx\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-tmescto\" data-id=\"tmescto\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3gypgw elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"w3gypgw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SHARE THIS PAGE WITH YOUR FRIENDS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cgocka8 elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"cgocka8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_twitter\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-k097cf8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"k097cf8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-qjirumk\" data-id=\"qjirumk\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3vh87tm elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3vh87tm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tips for \"Is God real?\"<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493cb98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"493cb98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTake the following quiz!\n<ol>\n \t<li><strong>Is your heart beating? <\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Does the sun rise and set each day?<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Is your DNA incredibly complex and unique?<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Is there a difference between right and wrong?<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Does love exist?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<P>The correct answer to all these questions (and many others like them) is yes. Why? The best reason is because Someone bigger than ourselves, God, really does exist. After all, you don\u2019t plug yourself into an electrical outlet each morning to charge up your heart so it will keep on beating. The planets don\u2019t collide into each other; the laws of physics that keep things working didn\u2019t just happen by chance. Your DNA? \u201cInside every cell in you is a <em>three-billion<\/em>-lettered DNA structure that belongs only to you.\u201d* No, you didn\u2019t evolve from a lower life form. You are the result of God-created elements, emotions, and more. And why would you have any sense of right and wrong unless that sense was ultimately placed in you by God?\n\n<P>Reality check: Without God in the picture, you wouldn\u2019t be sitting there reading about Him. That\u2019s what this Bible verse means:\n\n<P>\u201cYou alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you\u201d (Nehemiah 9:6, New International Version).\n\n<P>That\u2019s the real deal. Science can study how things work, but it all began\u2014and keeps on going\u2014because God is real.\n\n<P>God also brings meaning and purpose into your life. How? By giving you the opportunity to learn and grow, enjoy life and other people (and pets!), and share His love to those around you. In the end, He\u2019ll thank you personally in heaven.\n\n<P>So can you prove God exists? No. But you can <em>look at the evidence<\/em> and make your own decision. If you decide God exists, that affects everything. It may not be popular these days to believe in God, but sometimes it\u2019s more important to be right than popular.\n\n________\n\n* https:\/\/www.everystudent.com\/wires\/Godreal.html\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e416pb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e416pb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DO\u2019s<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wm29z0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wm29z0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>DO look at the evidence for God\u2019s existence.<\/li><li>DO make a decision about God based on what you conclude about the evidence for His existence.<\/li><li>DO invite Him to be at the center of your life.<\/li><li>DO read an easy-to-understand Bible version.<\/li><li>DO watch videos, visit websites, and read books about God\u2019s creation.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8rwndcr elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8rwndcr\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DONT\u2019s<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-zouq2c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"zouq2c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>DON\u2019T believe everything you hear people say about God without first looking at <em>all<\/em> the evidence.<\/li><li>DON\u2019T forget that the goal is not to prove that God exists, but to weigh the evidence and make your own decision. Share your decision, but don\u2019t try to force your views on anyone.<\/li><li>DON\u2019T be surprised if you have to make a change in your views about God. You may have been fed a lot of not-so-hot information about creation, evolution, and more.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-t6bumve elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"t6bumve\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-jpawvyx\" data-id=\"jpawvyx\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dkpy88l elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dkpy88l\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bsqp3ao elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bsqp3ao\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dk4t6eg\" data-id=\"dk4t6eg\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-kego0yz elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"kego0yz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trapped in Quicksand!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-nxozt6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"nxozt6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The three boys wish they hadn't been so foolish as they struggled for survival<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wndwlf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wndwlf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">by Kathleen Young<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-nfvkfs3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"nfvkfs3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ph2kyc\" data-id=\"0ph2kyc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4wi5cpm elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4wi5cpm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/quicksand.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1067\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/quicksand.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/quicksand-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/quicksand-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-mc2c9w0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"mc2c9w0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fs9t9w1\" data-id=\"fs9t9w1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-vd4x379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vd4x379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I<\/span>t\u2019s OK, Mitch told himself.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Nobody knows we\u2019re here.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Mitch, Jimmy, and Jimmy\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">younger brother David had\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">parked their bicycles behind\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the school and crossed the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">road to a barbed-wire fence.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Now they crawled under and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">over the barbs toward their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">destination: a gigantic abandoned\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sandlot.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">A few months earlier the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sand company had let Mitch\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Boy Scout troop camp on an\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">island in an abandoned pit\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">filled with water. Later Mitch,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy, and David had\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sneaked onto the lot to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">fish and explore. They\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">had wandered through\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">a cluster of trees to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">another pit forming a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">shallow rectangular\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">lake. Beyond it sprawled a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">drainage canal. And along\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the canal a dirt road led\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">to who knows where.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">The three boys\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">had returned to find\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">out where. They\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">stepped between trees and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">brush onto the dirt road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">\u201cLook!\u201d Mitch exclaimed.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">The road hugged the edge of\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">a gigantic hole large enough to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">hold three middle schools and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">descended into the bottom of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">it. Near the end of the road a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">large pool gleamed bright blue.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">The sand company hadn\u2019t\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">scooped out the area behind it.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Like a peninsula the size of a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">school cafeteria, it jutted into\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the pit. Its brown cliffs of hardpacked\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sand plummeted into\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the beige bottom. The large\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">pool lay beside it, with a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">smaller pool around the bend\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and a trench on the other side.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">The boys took off their running\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">shoes and followed the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">road down into the pit. Sandy\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">soil heated the soles of their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">feet. Hard-packed khaki-colored\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">dirt formed the pit\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sides.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Mitch pointed to the space\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">between the larger and smaller\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">pools. \u201cSee that big black spot?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">It\u2019s moving.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhat do you think it is?\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy asked.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Mitch\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">answered, \u201cbut I\u2019m going to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">find out.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><b>DOWN IN THE PIT<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">When they reached the bottom\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">of the pit, their feet sank\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">in wet sand. It was the color\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and texture of oatmeal mixed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">with Cream of Wheat.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">David disappeared behind\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the peninsula in the direction\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">of the trench. Jimmy sloshed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">through the silt to the larger\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">pool. Mitch ran to the dark\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">splotch moving across\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the sand. It was an inch-deep\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">stream of . . .<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cCatfish!\u201d Mitch poked\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">his fingers into the clear\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">warm water and pulled\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">out a fingerling. He studied\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the baby catfish a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">few seconds before dropping it\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">back into the shallow water.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cHundreds of \u2019em!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cOver here, too!\u201d Jimmy\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">exclaimed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cThey\u2019re swimming from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the big pool to the little pool,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Mitch said.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">He looked down and noticed\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">that the wet sand had inched\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">over the tops of his feet. He\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">scrunched his toes and continued\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">watching the fish.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Minutes passed. The tan-colored\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sand crept to his\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">ankles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cHey, Jimmy, is there\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">such a thing as <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">slow <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">quick<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sand?\u201d he asked, lifting one\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">leg then another and setting\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">his feet on the firm sandy surface\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">inches away.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Jimmy was digging a hole in\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the side of the peninsula next\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">to the pool. With both his arms\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">flailing, he looked like he was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">doing the breast stroke. \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">digging me a place to sit!\u201d he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">hollered.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">A pencil-thin stream of\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sand sifted into the hole\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy was making. Mitch\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">shrugged and bent down to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">play with the catfish.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">The fingerlings were fascinating.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Mitch had read about\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">fish eggs evaporating with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">their watery home, airborne to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">unlikely places, such as this\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">pit in an abandoned sandlot.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">People had even reported\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">occasions of fish falling like\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">rain from the sky.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Suddenly Jimmy cried out,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cHelp! Help me!\u201d Mitch turned\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and saw Jimmy bent sideways,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">buried up to his chin in dirt.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">The brittle sandy soil of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">side had collapsed on the hole\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and on Jimmy, too. He barely\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">missed having his head\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">buried.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Mitch ran to Jimmy, hollering,\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cDavid, get over here!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy\u2019s in trouble!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cMy foot\u2019s twisted,\u201d said\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy. \u201cIt hurts.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Mitch dug with both hands.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">The silt was like wet concrete.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">He plunged both hands\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">beneath the surface and slung\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">globs of it behind him until he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">could see Jimmy\u2019s foot. He\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">straightened it, then attacked\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the mound of dirt threatening\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">to smother Jimmy.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cDavid!\u201d Mitch yelled as he\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">dug furiously, both hands\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">slinging dirt behind him.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Jimmy was sinking fast. The\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">ooze had engulfed both his\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">legs and threatened to swallow\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">his body. The weight of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the cave-in had swiftly turned\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the shifting sand into quicksand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">It gripped Mitch around\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">the knees. He had to pull himself\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">out one leg at a time, setting\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">his feet on firmer ground,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">before he could help Jimmy.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">He dug for minutes that\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">seemed like hours. Dirt still\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">covered Jimmy below his\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">armpits, and the quicksand\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">had sucked him halfway\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">under.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><b>DESPERATE PULL<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Mitch painfully pulled his\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">legs out of the mire to go at it\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">again. David was nowhere in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">sight. Nobody else knew\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">where they were. Nobody but\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">God.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cPlease, Jesus, help us get\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">out of this,\u201d Mitch prayed. A\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">memory text, Psalm 46:1,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">filled his mind: \u201cGod is our\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">refuge and strength, an ever present\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">help in trouble.\u201d God,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">I\u2019m counting on You!<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Immediately Mitch\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">glimpsed David a few yards\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">away. \u201cDavid, Jimmy\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">trapped!\u201d Mitch screamed.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">David ran over and started\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">scooping handfuls of dirt off\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">his brother\u2019s back. After what\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">seemed like an eternity, they\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">uncovered the top half of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy\u2019s body. But from the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">waist down, he was still submerged\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">in quicksand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Mitch\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and David seized his arms and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">pulled hard.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cYeeow!\u201d Jimmy yelled.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cYou\u2019re yanking me in two.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">While lifting their own legs\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">out of the quicksand to keep\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">from being trapped, Mitch and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">David swept it away from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Jimmy\u2019s waist and thighs. Then\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">they tried pulling him out\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">again. Grabbing him beneath\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">his arms, they finally heaved\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">him out of the quicksand.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Jimmy stumbled. Mitch and\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">David held him up, hoping he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">wouldn\u2019t fall and drag them all\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">into the quicksand. It was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">hard, but they carried him\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">along, struggling to climb out\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">of the wet sandy bottom to the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">road and up out of the pit.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">When Mitch and David felt as\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">though they couldn\u2019t take\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">another step, they reached the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">rim and collapsed.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Gasping for breath, Mitch\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">said a silent prayer thanking\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">God for giving him the strength\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and help he needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">We were foolish. We trespassed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">and played with quicksand.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">God knew all along\u2014a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">good thing, or Jimmy might\u2019ve\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">been buried alive.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"p1\">It was only right to give\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">God credit for their rescue.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Mitch was nervous talking\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">about God, but he\u2019d already\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">done enough wrong. He was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">ready to do right. \u201cWe should\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">thank God for getting us out\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">of that mess,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Jimmy gazed down into the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">pit and let out a deep breath.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">\u201cYeah, you\u2019re right,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">David nodded.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cGod, we\u2019re sorry for doing\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">stuff we knew was wrong,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">Mitch prayed out loud. \u201cPlease\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.75px;\">forgive us. 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