Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, but time seems to be moving faster than ever...
We’re now in the last month of the year. And with Christmas fast approaching, I need to be extra watchful for anyone who may be exhibiting the tell-tale signs of depression. There was a suicide back in October. So one never knows if a kind word spoken at the right time could save a life.
The reality is that prison is a bad place to be in, especially during the holidays. Families are far away. And some of these men have no families at all. In addition, many inmates secretly struggle with unresolved guilt. But this is something few of us would be honest enough to admit. The guilt a man has over the crimes he committed and the people he’s hurt - not only to his victim(s) but to his own family as well - could easily crush his soul. While other inmates may have lost all hope of ever getting out, or of being released from confinement any time soon.
Therefore, in my opinion, this is why God permits some of his children to be here. Believers in the Lord Jesus, even if they’re locked up like me, are to shine as lights of love and hope in that their fellow prisoners, and even the staff, might be drawn to Him as the Scripture says. "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God - among whom ye shine as lights in the world" (Philippians 2:15).
D.B.
The reality is that prison is a bad place to be in, especially during the holidays. Families are far away. And some of these men have no families at all. In addition, many inmates secretly struggle with unresolved guilt. But this is something few of us would be honest enough to admit. The guilt a man has over the crimes he committed and the people he’s hurt - not only to his victim(s) but to his own family as well - could easily crush his soul. While other inmates may have lost all hope of ever getting out, or of being released from confinement any time soon.
Therefore, in my opinion, this is why God permits some of his children to be here. Believers in the Lord Jesus, even if they’re locked up like me, are to shine as lights of love and hope in that their fellow prisoners, and even the staff, might be drawn to Him as the Scripture says. "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God - among whom ye shine as lights in the world" (Philippians 2:15).
D.B.
