My son Kolt was fifteen years old and learning how to drive. While practicing driving in my car, he unfortunately was distracted and ran into the rear end of a heavy duty bumper on a Ford pick-up truck. The truck won that war. There was absolutely no damage to the pick-up truck. But it destroyed the grill on my car. The driver of the truck felt sorry for this young teenager, and decided to just move on. I turned to Kolt, tossed the keys at him and said, let’s try it again. He looked at me with amazement. Shocked that I would let him drive again so quickly. Everyone is going to blow it from time to time. What we need is a second chance.
Thomas A. Edison was working on a crazy contraption called a “light bulb” and it took a whole team of men 24 straight hours to put just one together. The story goes that when Edison was finished with one light bulb, he gave it to a young boy helper, who nervously carried it up the stairs. Step by step he cautiously watched his hands, obviously frightened of dropping such a priceless piece of work. You’ve probably guessed what happened by now; the poor young fellow dropped the bulb at the top of the stairs. It took the entire team of men twenty-four more hours to make another bulb. Finally, tired and ready for a break, Edison was ready to have his bulb carried up the stairs. He gave it to the same young boy who dropped the first one.
The word of the day is second chance. Aren’t you glad God gave you a second chance? Why don’t you do the same for someone else?
2 Corinthians 5:19 “For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them.”