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By Charles Eldredge
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Not only did I do something terrible, now I cannot get the image of my act to quit replaying over and over again in my head…
I was outside the building waiting for be let in. I knew the trial was about to start and wanted to make sure I had a good view of the proceedings.
As the woman monitoring the door opened it for me, she asked “Are you a friend of the accused?”
“No” I replied, “I do not know him.”
She let me in and I gathered with everyone else in the lobby, waiting for the proceedings to start. Since it was so cold outside, I worked my way over to one of the heaters, trying to warm myself.
As I stood there shaking the chill, a guard who was also warming up asked me “Aren’t you a friend of the Defendant?”
Again, I couldn’t believe I was being asked this. “No, I don’t know who he is.”
As I tried to forget the rudeness of the guard, I stood muttering to myself. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see who it was. There stood another guard, this one with a quizzical look on his face.
“Didn’t I see you in the park with the man accused of these crimes?”
Now I was indignant, “No sir, I said that I do not know this man”
The words were scarcely out of my mouth when I heard a rooster crow, and I felt the tears start to run down my face.
There I stood; crying like a baby because I knew that I had let my cowardice, yes that yellow streak of fear, cause me to lie in order to save my own life. Even worse was the fact that I had just denied my Lord and Savior, even as he said I would and I adamantly promised I would not.
Here was the man who chose me as a friend, confidant, and disciple; facing death for merely telling the truth about who He was and what His Father wanted us to do, and I acted in such a manner. I could only hang my head in shame knowing that I, like every human being, was undeserving of the love that Jesus Christ shared with us all.
What did I receive for my disgusting act? I was washed in the Lamb’s precious blood, given eternal life, and forgiven of my sins. The same thing anyone may receive if they only accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and give their lives to Him. Amen.
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