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Few who read this, including me, have ever endured a deadly sand storm.  But many have stood on the shore of the ocean and felt the sting of sand as the wind drove it like needles onto their skin.  So I ask you to imagine a storm of sand such as is in the great deserts.  An all-consuming froth of tiny grains of rock blacking out the sky and choking the life out of any animal or man caught within it.

To open your eyes in such a storm is to become blind.  To leave your ears uncovered is to dig sand out of them for days.  To allow yourself to breathe it in is certain death.  For once the tiny rocks enter they will not be expelled.  The storm will fill every possible crevice of your clothing.  And your sense of direction will be obliterated.  If you care caught out in the open you are dead.

This world is so filled with corruption, greed, hatred, envy, immorality, and godlessness, that it is a constant sandstorm of wickedness.  And the death of those who think they live there is a blindness to the Lord of Life.  They cannot see for their eyes are caked with the unholy.  They cannot hear because their ears are impacted with lies.  They have no breath of eternal life in them because there is no room in their lungs for His breath.  The wickedness of this world has filled every possible crevice of their lives.  And they cannot tell you the way home.  While in this state of affairs, they are dead.  They are not walking dead.  They are already dead to the Lord.

He alone is able to rescue from this storm of death.  And all who allow their hearts to call out to Jesus for help will receive it.  The more you call, the more you will receive.  For the Lord is merciful, patient, and gentle with those who desire to live.

By His Grace.