Let me explain the title of this podcast "My Life Has Never Been Spared" by telling you about three experiences in my life… that could have ended my life. I almost died as a child because I did a childish thing.  I almost died as a missionary for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I almost died as an adult, because of one moment of distraction.

But I realize that, throughout history, many 10-year-olds, some of them much more promising than I, have died while exploring a mountain.  Better missionaries than I have been killed by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Many adult men and women, just as beloved by their families as I am by mine, have died in terrible car accidents.  Out of respect for the lives of those people who did die, I do not believe that my life was “spared” by the Lord.  I am simply not that special.  I was lucky.