He was an outstanding United States Senator. This
Christian leader was seated at the Head Table because he was the keynote
speaker at this conference.
Oh no! The server for the Head Table suddenly fumbled
the cake and lemon sauce dessert she was balancing. The dessert hit the
shoulder of the guest-of-honor and spread a wide smear of lemon sauce down his
coat, tie and shirt, and landed in his lap. Immediately, he grabbed a
dinner knife and attempted to lift the goopy mess off his clothes. The
server ran and returned with towels to salvage the situation.
Was she embarrassed? Was she in pain? The
senator kept repeating, “It’s OK. It’ll be alright.” I don’t think
it helped.
After the mess was cleaned up, still red-faced, the server
turned to go. The senator reached to her with both hands, drew her to him
and gently kissed her cheek. She smiled, stood tall and left having
regained her composure. He erased a painful memory by a gesture of
forgiveness. That gentle act of acceptance on the part of the senator
probably made a greater impression on that audience than his twenty-minute
speech.
Colossians 1:13-14, “He has rescued us from the power of
distress and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we
have redemption, the forgiveness of sin.”
Blessings,
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