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Stranded James Kim and his wife Kati, and their two daughters -- 4-year-old Penelope and 7-month-old Sabine – spent their Thanksgiving holiday in Seattle, WA. Their plan was to stop and spend the night at the Tu Tu Tun Lodge on the Rogue River in Oregon, on their way home to San Francisco, CA. They missed their turn, however, and after checking a road map, decided to get off and travel a secondary road to their destination. Then they mistakenly took a fork to the right and started down the road when their car became stranded due to heavy snow. The road the Kims had erroneously taken was a logging road west of Grant’s Pass, OR. A gate had been closed to block off the logging road in November because it was considered hazardous, but authorities believe that vandals apparently cut the lock; and the gate was open. For a week, the Kims huddled and ate berries, baby food, and crackers. They used the car heater intermittently to keep warm until they ran out of gas. Then they burned their car tires to keep warm. When they ran out of food, Kati, who is still nursing their baby, breast-fed 4-year-old Penelope, too. After a week stuck in the wilderness and no sign of rescue, James Kim decided that he had to do something to try to save his family. He struck out to find help. Hungry, weak, and wearing only street clothes, Kim trudged through the snow for ten miles over sharp ledges, through bristling forests, and through freezing creek waters. “He was very motivated … he traveled a long way,” Josephine County Undersheriff Brian Anderson said. On December 4, two days after James left his family in search of help, Kati and their daughters were found, in good condition. Sadly, two days later, James Kim was found dead in a ravine. Autopsy results determined that he died of exposure and hypothermia. He died trying to find help for his family. What a testimony to the love of a man for his family! James Kim reminds us of another Man who gave His life so that YOU and I might be saved... JESUS came a long way – from heaven, in fact. It was a difficult way that he traversed to save us because it led to a Roman cross. On the cross, Jesus died for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2). What a testimony to the love of Jesus for you and for me! “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him” (1 John 4:9). This life – ETERNAL LIFE – awaits those who will: believe in Him (Acts 16:30-31), repent of sin (Acts 17:30-31), confess Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). He will CONTINUE to cleanse those who CONTINUE to follow Him (1 John 1:7). When WE were “stranded” in sin and without hope, He came to our rescue. He DIED so that we might LIVE. What love! How will YOU respond? David A. Sargent, Minister Church of Christ at Creekwood To Subscribe to "Living Water" send a blank e-mail to:
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