Thursday, March 25, 2004
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of
his name.
(1 John 2.12
NRSV)
I read an account recently of a woman, Betty Nesmith. Betty
had a good secretarial job in a Dallas bank. This was before
computers took over. Betty ran across a problem that interested
her. Wasn't there a better way to correct the errors she made on
her electric typewriter? Betty had some art experience and she
knew that artists who worked in oils just painted over their
errors. Maybe that would work for her too. So she concocted a
fluid to paint over her typing errors. Before long, all the
secretaries in her building were using what she then called
"MistakeOut." She attempted to sell the product idea to marketing
agencies and various companies (including IBM), but they turned her
down. However, secretaries continued to like her product, so Betty
Nesmith's kitchen became her first manufacturing facility and she
started selling her concoction on her own. Later she sold her
little enterprise to the Gillette Company for $47.5 million.
Wouldn't it be great if there were Whiteout for the soul? I guess I should say, wouldn't it be
great if there were a delete key for the soul? So many people are hampered
by past mistakes, past sins, past errors of
judgement.
Jesus died for our sins. All we have to do is ask for forgiveness. Jesus is our delete key!
Dear God, please delete my sins and the moments when I have turned from you. Amen.
Ron
Newhouse
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