Wednesday; September 3
There have been a lot of
fads during my lifetime – some positive and others, well let’s just say that
society could have been done better. One
of the ones that was as part of my teenage years was the Kung Fu action movies. Now, I have to admit that I was not a big fan
– either of the movies or the drive-ins where many of them were shown. Even though they didn’t get much of my money
a lot of people dropped some cash to watch people like Brue Lee do their
thing. I don’t know much about Lee, but
history has proven that his stardom was short-lived – not because of
popularity, but because of lifespan. Lee
Jun-fan died at the age of 32.
As was doing some reading
about the life and times of the action hero I came across an interesting quote,
“Mistakes as always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” While this statement follows a pattern – both
spiritual and logical – but the thing that stands out to me is the certainty of
the statement. We don’t often see the
word “aways” used in a statement, but we find it here. I don’t know Lee’s background, but I see a
similar type of certainty found in Christianity. The Apostle John noted, “If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9). I don’t really have enough time to dissect or
debate this issue, but let’s just say that God wants to forgive us – what we
have to do is admit our mistakes.
Is there something
troubling us? Is it time to turn it over
to our forgiving Lord?
Think About It!