Fork-Tongued "Friend"
Theme of the Week: Forgive That Jerk?
Mark Ward
Monday, October 3, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: As for this friend of mine, he betrayed me; he broke his promises ( Psalm 55:20). Bonus Reading: Luke 6:35-36
A man was checked into our Prince George, British Columbia, hospital. "He's paralyzed, can't talk, and might not live long," I was told. "His name's the same as the guy who stole your truck!"
I was thunderstruck. When this white man came to our town, he knew my nephew, and called him "brother." He visited our native church; we welcomed him. I talked to him about the Lord; he seemed interested. One day he told me, "I've been promised a supervisor job on the Alaska Highway, but I've no way to get to the Yukon, and no money. If I can go take the job, I'll get your nephew a job too."
My people are always ready to share. So our church gave him warm clothes, boots, a down jacket, and a $200 travel-money loan. I loaned him my 4x4 pickup and extra tires. We prayed with him before he left, promising to return my pickup that weekend.
The weekend arrived—but not our friend. Fearing an accident, we prayed for his safety. After a second weekend with no word, we called the Yukon Highway Department. Nobody with his name had ever been promised a job! Two months after I reported my truck stolen, the police recovered it in bad shape. [continued 10/4]
—Mark Ward in The Conquering Indian
My Response: Have I ever been taken like this? What was my reaction?
Adapted from The Conquering Indian (Indian Life, 1994) by permission.
Copyright © 2005 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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When I've been wronged, Lord, I'm naturally bent on retaliation. But You've said to leave that to You. Help me to submit my case to You.
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