Jamie Coots was one of those weird snake handling preachers. You know -- the ones who think God will protect them from venomous snakes, so they dance around with them in their churches.
I say that Jamie was one of them, because, alas, Jamie is no more. A big old rattlesnake wasn't listening when God told him not to bite, and Jamie succumbed to the poison. Jamie's son says that it's OK, because God has a plan and we can't change it. Yes, God has a plan . . . He plans for you to use the brain He gave you! I can agree that God doesn't change His plan, but He does give us the freedom to live outside His plan, and when we do that, we can't blame God for the consequences.
I wonder why all those snake handlers don't carry it so far as to stand in the middle of an urban interstate highway at 5 o'clock in the afternoon? Surely, if God can protect you from a venomous snake, He can protect you from being slammed by a semi going 60 mph. I haven't seen any of them doing that, though. And since Jamie's demise, I'll just bet that there won't be quite as many snake handlers show up at their next church reptile extravaganza, either.
"Snake-handling pastor dies after rattler bite." The Dallas Morning News; February 17, 2014; p. 4A.
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