“It turns out I have sunburned my eyeballs. I had no idea you could do this.”
Anderson Cooper. Cooper had a case
of photokeratitis, commonly called “snow blindness, ” in which ultraviolet
light which reflects off snow, sand, or water painfully urns the cornea. The damage is not permanent. It is why snow skiers wear sunglasses. The thing I noticed here was his
statement, “I had no idea you could do this.”
The experienced Portuguese sailors should have thought to
remind Cooper to wear sunglasses.or a brimmed hat or both. Cooper was not an absolute water novice
but he had never heard of the condition.
That did not stop the ultraviolet radiation from burning his eyes. There is a legal principle: “Ignorance
of the law is no excuse.”
The application of this occurrence for Christians is
this: there are pitfalls and dangers
which come as part of being a Christian.
They are there and are operative whether or not the believer is aware of
them. Also, there are pleasures
and privileges which come as part of being a Christian. They, also, are there
and are operative whether or not the believer is aware of them.
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