Nick was a big, strong and tough man who worked in a railroad yard for years. He was the company's best worker, arriving on time, a reliable hard worker and bond well with others. But Nick has a problem, he always think negatively and something bad will happen.
One summer day, the crew were told they were allowed to leave an hour early in order to celebrate the birthday of one of the foreman. All the workers left, but somehow, Nick accidentally locked himself in a refrigerated box car, which was brought into the yard. The box car was empty and not connected to any other trains.
When Nick realised that he was locked inside the refirgerated boxed car, he panted and Nick began knocking on the door until his hands and fists became bloody. He screamed and screamed but his co-workers have already gone home to get ready for the party. Nobody could hear Nick's desperate call for help. Again and again, he called out but finally his voice became a whisper.
Aware that he was in a refrigerated box car, Nick guessed that the temperature was well below freezing, maybe as low as 5-10 degree Fahrenheit. Nick feared the worst. He thought what am i going to do? If i dont get out of here, i'm going to freeze to death. The more he thought about his circumstances, the colder he became.
With the door shut tightly and no apparent escape, he sat down to wait for the inevitable, death by freezing or suffocation,which ever came first. He found a pen in his shirt pocket and noticed an old piece of cardboard over at the other corner of the car. Shivering almost uncontrollably, he scribbled a message to his family. In it, Nick realised his dying prospect. Getting so cold, body numbed, if i dont get out soon, these will probably be my last words.
And they were. The next morning, when the crews came to work, they opened the box car and found Nick's body crumpled over in a corner. When the autopsy was completed, it was confirmed that Nick has frozen to death.
However, the investigator realised that the refrigerator unit of the car was not even on. In fact, it has been out of order for some time and it was not functioning at the time of the man's death. The temperature of the car that night, the night Nick was froze to death, was 16.2 degree.Nick froze to death in a slightly less than normal room temperature. Nick froze to death because he believed he was in a refrigerator box car and believed he is going to die. For Nick, what he feared and believed, came to past.
Are you like Nick, expecting failure, defeat, bad things? You will get what you expect. Believe in the positive things in agreement with God, He will come through for you. =)
-Mommy Charis-
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