The Encouraging Word: 6/1/2006

Forgiveness and Rabies

Did you hear about the man bitten by a mad dog and rushed to the emergency room? The Doctor reported: “The tests show the dog had rabies, and now so do you.” The patient immediately took out a pad of paper and a pen and began writing rapidly. The Doctor thought he was making out his will and said: “Hey this doesn’t mean you’re going to die. There’s a cure for rabies.” The man keep writing and replied: “I know that; I’m making a list of people I’m going to bite before you cure me!”

This fictitious tale may be humorous, but tragically many people really do live out this bitter spirit. They are infected with an unforgiving heart, bent on vengeance and don’t realize they can only pass on the disease by refusing the cure.

Forgiveness is the most important matter of life and eternity. God’s cure for sin involves forgiveness – not getting even. If you’d like to know more, log onto encouragingword.net for help or to drop me a note.

This is Mike Neely with the Encouraging Word!

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