A man was driving his pickup truck on an Australian highway when he noticed a reptile in the vehicle. And not just any reptile. It was an eastern brown snake—highly venomous and responsible for the majority of snakebite deaths in the country.
It started to wrap around him, striking at the driver’s seat between his legs. He used a seatbelt and a knife to fight it off while trying to stop the car. He thought he had been bitten and feared for his life, since eastern brown snake bites are fast-acting and fatal.
After killing the snake, he hit the accelerator and headed for the closest hospital. To make things worse, a police officer saw him driving at high speed and pulled him over. The man explained his predicament, and the officer called for help. When paramedics arrived, they determined that the man had not been bitten but was suffering from shock.
“It was pretty terrifying,” he admitted. If there’s a bigger understatement in today’s news, I haven’t seen it.
Atlanta’s mayor tested positive for coronavirus
Officials from the State Fair of Texas announced yesterday that the fair has been canceled for the first time since World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In other COVID-19 news, Atlanta’s mayor announced that she has tested positive for the disease. While she says she has no symptoms, she notes: “It really speaks to how contagious this virus is, and we’ve taken all the precautions you can possibly take.” Brazil’s president said yesterday that he has tested positive for the virus as well.
There are times when we must fight the snake in the truck with no help from others. The virus that is afflicting our world affects our institutions but infects us individually, no matter who we are.
We are claiming this week God’s promise: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12). Yesterday, we noted the urgency of trusting and serving him…
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