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Umbrellas were designed to keep us safe from the sun’s burning rays and the rain’s drenching drops. They are often attached to outdoor dining tables.
So there was nothing unusual about Dana Weinger’s seating on a restaurant patio overlooking Lake Marion in South Carolina. She and her husband were enjoying an evening meal when a gust of wind suddenly appeared.
It knocked over a nearby umbrella which then struck Dana's ”head and neck area.” Help arrived soon, but not soon enough. She was ”pronounced dead at the scene.”
There’s a Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids in Matthew 25 that warns of such occurrences and urges folks to prepare in advance. We’re not talking bullet-proof vests and helmets, we’re talking spiritual “dress rehearsals.”
Although folks often plan for worldly events, they tend to ignore otherworldly ones. Death will surely come, we just don’t know when. An ongoing practice of soul-searching can therefore serve us well when the hourglass empties.
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