Sometimes in life everything seemed to happen at once. Have you ever heard of Murphy's Law?
Anything that can possible go wrong will and it seems at the most inconvenient time. One day during church services, a young lady stated she feels like she is drowning. How do you address such a confession of lost-ness?
I was quite taken back by this admission. Perhaps it was because church services, or because this young lady the town gossiper would might such admission in the presence of those she hurt or maybe because I was only a stranger she chose to disclose this potentially damaging news.
My response as a young minister and one of those she hurt- by telling others I was jealous of her was this response " How can you possible drown, you are a Christian?" I turn my head away from her. When God prick my conscious, I turned to her but she had disappeared in the hustle and bustle of church.
I lost my focus... to bring forgiveness. I lost my purpose minister of reconciliation. I lost the opportunity for this young lady to repent.
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