God’s loving forgiveness

Living in a Resurrection World

Over Easter weekend I met a young man in a prison infirmary. He wore a Styrofoam helmet to protect his badly damaged skull. His had been terribly incapacitated by the same drunk-driving accident that killed his boyhood friend. As the driver in the accident, this young man was facing a 40-year sentence.

To my new friend, the decades of prison time were nothing compared to the shackles of guilt that weighed on his heart. As I talked with him, he cried out in the unthinkable pain of having caused his friend’s death.

“It should have been me that died!” he said.

I encouraged this young to hold onto the promises of God’s loving forgiveness, looking forward to discover the purposes for which God had spared his life on that tragic night.

Friends, it struck me as I prayed with him that…