I was doing some trimming in front of my house when a praying mantis jumped out of a bush and onto the porch. I doubt that he had ever encountered anything as terrifying as the fearful electric hedge trimmers I held in my hands. He decided he had a better chance of surviving if he ran away.

I guess there is a time to pray; and there is a time to run.

Joseph could have taken time to pray when Potiphar’s wife tempted him to engage in sexual immorality with her. “…But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.” (Genesis 39:12).

Like I said, I guess there is a time to pray; and there is a time to run.