UNUSUAL LOVE

I heard a story on Christian radio today, it was about a Czar (king) of Russia, and a Native American Chief. The Czar was always mad and mean, but his wife was always nice and merciful, so she constantly calmed him down. A man was guilty, so the Czar wrote a letter explaining that the person be sent to Siberia for sure death there as a punishment. But his wife, found the note and changed only ONE comma, and changed the whole sentence into that the person should surely NOT be sent to Siberia, and this way gave him mercy and saved him. Also, the Indian Cheif found out that someone of the tribe was stealing chicken, so he said that whoever is doing this should get 10 lashes. Then when the person wasn't found, and kept on stealing, he changed it to 20, then 40, and finally he was outraged and said 100 (which meant sure death). Finally, they set a trap and caught the thief, and to everyone's amazement, it was the Chiefs mother. He knew he couldn't change anything, so instead he told the people to tie her up to a post, then he took off his shirt and went up and covered her whole body with his own and told the brave to whip him instead. After 100 lashes he fell to the ground and died. What these two stories have in common is that the fate of the person that did the WRONG deed was changed from bad to good. Same with us, we all sin, and fall short of salvation. Jesus went on the cross and paid all of our debts and saved us all from eternal death in hell. We should all thank Him, and worship Him for that.

Todays Bible Passage

"Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, cease from your consideration of it." Proverbs 23:4