The same man held up the same donut store in our town three times in two weeks. He was finally captured when the employee with the headset asked a drive-up customer to dial 911. Either this man needs to go to jail or to a learning facility. Then again perhaps he is smarter than we think! It is very cold here. Winter has arrived and jail is a warm room, a bed and three meals a day. His clothes are provided and he doesn’t have to get up in the morning and go to work. Humm? The more I think about it the more I think he wanted to get caught.
I wonder what the judge will do with him. I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to judge righteously and fairly. It seems it would be difficult not to become calloused to all the nonsense and evil. Why would someone want such a job? It is something we need and thankfully there are some willing to do so. Then again I know many people who do a lot of judging when they really should mind their own business.
In I Corinthians 6 Paul speaks of us judging the world and angels. Considering the fact that Jesus will judge the world I have to conclude that Paul means we will have an opportunity to evaluate Jesus’ decisions regarding people we know. Should we discover someone we love is not with us in heaven Jesus gives us the opportunity to check the records and thus understand His judgment was righteous. Difficult as this would be, it hast to be lest we spend eternity thinking Jesus made a mistake. That would have awful consequences.
I hope the donut shop holdup man enjoys his warm accommodations.
Written by Roger Bothwell on January 19, 2012
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