The rising of generation xtreme - part 1 in the serialising of Carl Anderson's Changing Of The Guard

A shudder went right through me as we passed by on into the night. Sometime during that fateful night, an officer would be visiting the home of that young woman and informing her parents of the tragedy. For her, life had come to a sudden halt. No longer would she be around to experience life. Hers had ended, like a match being suddenly blown out. The pastor asked what I had seen. The image of her body flashed vividly in my mind. I couldn't speak. Just then the thought struck.

What if our van hadn't been delayed those five minutes?

The accident had only just taken place; perhaps it was an attack and was meant for us? Perhaps Satan was out to kill us, and it could have been our van laying smashed on the side of the road.

I didn't sleep well that night, as I thought about it. It was another end of my innocence. The reality of life and death had struck home again, and I would never be the same. There are many in our generation who have only felt the hopelessness but never the loving arms of a tender Savior; who have been killed in accidents or other ways without hope.

On December 7, 1941, there was peace and quiet surrounding the US Naval Base in Hawaii. When suddenly, early in the morning, there appeared a massive radar blip on the screen. Hundreds of planes from the Japanese armed forces swooped over at breakneck speed, opening fire and dropping a barrage of bombs, killing and wounding many soldiers and causing America to enter the war to end all wars.

I recently heard a radio broadcast which declared, "This fateful day marked for America the end of her age of innocence..." And this is where we are today.

Yes, Satan is after you and me. But let's take it a step further: he's after our entire generation.

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