Small mistakes can quickly become big ones. That’s why it’s important to pay attention to detail. You may remember the scene in the movie “Remember the Titans.” The young freshman running back eagerly ran into the field to play in his first ever game of high school football. He was immediately called back to the sideline before the play ever started. Why? He forgot a simple detail known as having a helmet on his head!
A strange-but-true humorous web site relates another actual story of those who make small mistakes that quickly become big ones.
Back in May of 2004, a group of Ukraine soldiers were exhausted after a morning of piling up live artillery in a military warehouse. Totally ignoring the warning signs against smoking and open flames posted on virtually every wall, the group of soldiers took a cigarette break at lunchtime.
A strange-but-true humorous web site relates another actual story of those who make small mistakes that quickly become big ones.
Back in May of 2004, a group of Ukraine soldiers were exhausted after a morning of piling up live artillery in a military warehouse. Totally ignoring the warning signs against smoking and open flames posted on virtually every wall, the group of soldiers took a cigarette break at lunchtime.
At this point I’m going to inform you that the warehouse was filled with 92,000 tons of ammunition.
After the lunch hour, the soldiers flicked the still-lit cigarettes away and went back to work. The glowing embers of the cigarette butts caught onto flammable material, starting a small fire that quickly set off a domino-like reaction of massive explosions.
Did I mention that there were 92,000 tons of ammunition in the warehouse?
The explosions threw wreckage as far as 25 miles away, dropping burning fragments in other towns which then set off fires. The explosions lasted for a full week and leveled all buildings within in a two-mile radius. A gas pipeline ruptured. The whole region had to be evacuated.
That little naughty smoking break ended up costing about $750 million in damages.
The infraction seemed minor, but it set off a change of events that were supremely disastrous.
Song of Solomon 2:15 reminds us of the little nuisances that have big results when it says:
"Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes."
"Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes."
The little foxes may seem petty and even cute, but soon the whole harvest is ruined.
Just like a word spoken in anger can ruin a friendship.
Just like a small but callous response to someone's need can hurt them deeply.
Just like a quick disregard for giving help to mission work can slow the spread of the Gospel significantly.
Just like the small stolen item at work can severely damage your Christian testimony.
Just like a small but callous response to someone's need can hurt them deeply.
Just like a quick disregard for giving help to mission work can slow the spread of the Gospel significantly.
Just like the small stolen item at work can severely damage your Christian testimony.
Think about it. Are there small foxes in our lives that are doing damamge to the harvest?
