A BURR OF BITTERNESS
It’s not always easy to love. Many years ago while Dr. Albert Beaven was in college, one of his friends did something that hurt him deeply. Albert was so angry with this person that he swore he would get revenge. As he was walking around campus he thought of various ways to even the score. He saw a sticky burr covered with sharp, porcupine-like thorns that had fallen from a tree and put it in his pocket. Albert’s plan was to carry the burr with him until he found the person who had hurt him. Then he would throw the burr down his friend’s back and rub it over him causing great pain. Perhaps we can all identify with Albert. When someone hurts us we want to hurt them back — we want to hurt them more than they hurt us. But something interesting took place that day as Albert walked around campus with that burr, looking for the young…
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