In almost every story, there is a good illustration just waiting to come out. I came across a good story, not sure how it would fit into a sermon illustration or as a speaking point somewhere, but I know one is just lurking around there somewhere. Maybe you can help me out with that!
It seems that a Las Vegas man may have lost his shirt at a casino. Well, that’s not really new news is it? But, apparently, this man may have also lost his pants, socks, underwear, and shoes as well.
Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a naked man who stole a beer and then hijacked a city bus several miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip.
Police said the man fled from a convenience store when an officer arrived to investigate a report of a shoplifter. The man allegedly punched in a back window of a city bus, climbed aboard, forced the driver off, drove the bus about 200 yards, and then jumped off the moving vehicle. A police officer climbed aboard the bus and stopped the vehicle.
Police say the man was arrested on felony charges and given clothes and a mental evaluation.
I’m glad the man was arrested, I really am. I glad they gave him some new clothes too. But, I am really, really, really glad they gave him a mental evaluation. Sounds to me like he may have needed that most of all!
Okay, all of you readers out there. What observations can you draw from this story? Any applications that are fit to be printed here? Remember, keep it clean!
I guess I'm just not creative enough to figure it out, but exactly how successful do you think you are going to be at shoplifting with no clothes on? First, you have no place to hide anything. Second, you aren't being really subtle, and you ARE going to draw attention to yourself.
ReplyDeleteObservations? I agree with you, there is a lesson here. You can title it "The Parable of the Nekkid Gambler"
Maybe someone had told him that he was invisible! Maybe someone told him he was the emperor!
ReplyDeleteI think the mental evaluation will do him good!
I do like your title!