“You were horizontally strapped to a car via duct tape in 30 degree weather!”

Day 84

As my former roommate so dramatically stated above, yes, I was. Like the cartoon below, it seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

It was all part of a “Survivor-like” team contest in which one of the elements included each of the two teams duct-taping a member (me) of the group to a side of and old beat up car. Whoever fell off first lost that round. 

Unfortunately, Bible college students tend not to be the greatest at the whole physics thing. They decided to attach the strips of duct tape on to a horizontal surface (i.e. the roof), rather than vertical surfaces (i.e. the sides of the car) ensuring that neither one of us on either side would be able to fall off at all. This would not have been problematic if it had been, say, mid-June. But it was not. It was April. And April in Chicago can get downright chilly. And they forgot to tape my head up, so . . .

I was like that for an hour and twenty minutes. I think they figured they should call off the idea and just give both sides the points when I started turning gray, became incoherent and was shivering uncontrollably. I’ve never been so cold in my life, which makes sense considering the Chicago wind, the metal car, and my inability to, you know, move and circulate blood.

I still don’t think my roommate has forgiven me for going through with the whole ridiculous fiasco. As she said, “Where were all the grown-ups?”

A sad side note to this story is that the young man in the picture, Clark, died tragically a couple years later. When I heard about his death, I immediately went and found the photo. I hardly knew Clark, but somehow looking at this goofy picture was comforting to me after the shock of the news.

Onward.

Spiritual Vitamins for Believers, Part 20:

1. I am kept by the power of God (1 Pet. 1:5).
2. I am preserved in Jesus Christ (Jude 1).
3. I am kept from falling (Jude 24).
4. I have a building of God eternal in the heavens (2 Cor. 5:1).
5. My name is forever written in heaven (Luke 10:20).
6. I am more than a conqueror, even a super-conqueror (Rom. 8:37).
7. I have victory through Christ (1 Cor. 15:57).
8. I have overcome the world (1 John 5:4-5).
9. I always triumph in Christ (2 Cor. 2:14).
10. I am indwelt by the victorious Christ who is greater than Satan (1 John 4:4).