DON’T DESPAIR
I have never known a person who genuinely committed his or her life to God who was ever sorry. Chuck Swindoll has a humorous story in his book, Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life (Multnomah Press: Portland, Oregon, 1983) that illustrates this: A missionary was sitting at her second-story window when she was handed a letter from home. As she opened the letter, a crisp, new, ten- dollar bill fell out. She was pleasantly surprised, but as she read the letter her eyes were distracted by the movement of a shabbily dressed stranger down below, leaning against a post in front of the building. She couldn’t get him off her mind. Thinking that he might be in greater financial distress than she, she slipped the bill into an envelope on which she quickly penned the words, “Don’t despair.” She threw it out the window. The stranger below picked it up, read it, looked up, and smiled as he tipped his hat…
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