Most of Colorado is mountainous and breath-taking in beauty. But the area around my birthplace (La Junta) is flat and unremarkable…except when it comes to cantaloupes.
Rocky Ford Cantaloupes are juicy, fragrant, and sweet, some of the best in the country.
Unfortunately their reputation was ruined in 2011 by an outbreak of a food-borne bacteria called listeria which not only made a number of people sick but killed some elderly cantaloupe-eaters. A case was brought against farmers who failed to properly wash the cantaloupes before distributing them.
It is hard to gain a reputation, but easy to lose one.
These farmers skipped an important safeguard, thinking it wouldn't matter, but the results were deadly.
That’s one reason God tells us:
"Above all else, guard your heart…Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil." Proverbs 4:23-27
Are you skipping safeguards in your life? Take time to memorize and apply this Proverb.
Read about this outbreak HERE.
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