"I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children." - 1 Corinthians 4:14
On July 3, 2015, Tommie Woodward, age 28, made a fatal error. He disregarded the warning signs not to go swimming.
“One minute he’s there and then the next minute he’s gone,” said waitress Michelle Wright.
What started as a night of fun at Burkhart’s Marina in Orange, Texas ended with the fatal attack.
“I asked him please do not go swimming, there’s a bigger alligator out here, just please stay out of the water,” Wright said.
Workers report they spotted a ten-foot gator in the waters of Adams Bayou this week, prompting them to post a warning sign reading “No Swimming Alligators.”
Investigators said Woodward didn’t pay attention to the posted warnings and pleas from Wright.
“He said blank the alligators and thereupon jumped into the water,” Orange County Justice of the Peace Rodney Price said.
Price said the 28-year old was almost immediately attacked and another young girl jumped in after him.
“Next thing I know this girl is screaming an alligators got him, an alligator’s got him and I grab a flashlight trying to zoom it over the water, trying to find him,” Wright said. “The next thing I know, I don’t even know how long it was, I saw his body floating face down and then he’s up there for a couple seconds and then he gets dragged back down and pulled off.”
“Whether it’s a speed limit sign on a freeway, a fireworks message, whatever, heed the warning sign, follow that because a failure to heed that can result in a terrible tragedy for your family,” Judge Price said.
When the designer of a product or service warns us, we generally listen. When our Creator warns us, we need to heed His warnings. Today in prayer, thank Christ for His Word and the godly men and women in your life. Seek to heed the warnings He has given you so you may grow in His wisdom.
"Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.”- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
God's Word: "These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come." - 1 Corinthians 10:11
By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2015, Devotional E-Mail
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