On Getting Hit

I was in Columbus today doing an interview at the Columbus State University Baptist Collegiate Ministry when something tragic happened. A 19 year old pedestrian college student was hit by a car right outside the building I was in.

It was terrible. The woman driving the car was hysterical. The young man was badly injured, and I'm almost certain that he either died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital or shortly thereafter.

It was almost like the world ground to a halt for about half an hour. We obviously stopped the interview, because the guy who was interviewing me was my BCM campus minister, who went outside to minister to the people involved in the accident. We had to complete the interview this morning though because it had to be turned in today, but both of us were not really focused on the interview, though. It just wasn't important anymore.

I couldn't stop thinking about what happened. It was so crazy but so real at the same time. Something so tragic happening mere feet from where I was sitting. Someone so alive having that suddenly snatched from them.

I starting thinking about the fragility of life. That guy never knew when he woke up that day that this would happen. His parents never dreamed that they would get the phone call that they received this morning. No one knew this would happen, but it did. That guy got hit by a car going 45 miles an hour, and now he's probably dead.

And we don't have a clue whether or not he had a relationship with Jesus.

We cannot take evangelism likely. We don't know when the people around us might breathe their last breath. We have to share the love and truth of Jesus with the people around us with fervency and urgency. There is nothing more important. It is our responsibility.

A young man got hit by a car this morning. Pray for his family and those involved.

I, on the other hand, got hit by the truth.