As I drove through Shorewood today along the coast of Lake Minnetonka I noticed that there were already tents set up on the lake for ice fishing. The ice cannot be 6 inches thick. I would think it would be customary to want the ice a foot thick at least to be out on it. At least they left their pickup and car along the shore. People know no fear, and will rue the day if they fall into that freezing water, or get stuck under the ice.
Up at our lake, at 25 below zero and 18 inches of snow, I have walked on four inches of slush where a spring from the bottom of the lake was working to thin out and open a hole in the ice. It is always precarious setting up a structure on, or driving on ice.
I thought these guys were reckless and foolhardy.
God teaches us to love ourselves and preserve our bodies and ourselves, in order that we are healthy and able-bodied to serve God. If our stupid antics put us in a wheelchair or kill us, that is behavior frowned upon by God.
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