{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscience-and-scriptures.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fmy-life-has-never-been-spared-DKP8YgbZ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"My Life Has Never Been Spared","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/05afffd9-a3f1-4266-b31d-42170fca4693/3c3c048a-0811-49fb-af91-bee1611b5885/s1e28-my-life-has-never-been-spared.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/81884b8d-7af9-4951-96ee-6c41662974df\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"My Life Has Never Been Spared\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Let me explain the title of this podcast \"My Life Has Never Been Spared\" by telling you about three experiences in my life… that could have ended my life.  I almost died as a child because I did a childish thing.  I almost died as a missionary for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  I almost died as an adult, because of one moment of distraction. \n\nBut I realize that, throughout history, many 10-year-olds, some of them much more promising than I, have died while exploring a mountain.  Better missionaries than I have been killed by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Many adult men and women, just as beloved by their families as I am by mine, have died in terrible car accidents.  Out of respect for the lives of those people who did die, I do not believe that my life was “spared” by the Lord.  I am simply not that special.  I was lucky. "}