Bad News
A recent news story tells of a man who received a surprising letter from his bank with bad news. The bank was most sincere in their condolences, upon the death of their customer. Him.
The irony of course, is they named the dear departed, sharing their sympathy with family. Except he was still very much alive, and reading their letter.
They proceeded to assure the family, that in matters such as these, the accounts would be frozen to protect the heirs.
The gentlemen contacted the bank, to assure them he was very healthy and alive. Unfortunately, as the accounts were frozen, he was unable to attend to his banking business.
After much apologies, and some thorough research, the culprit turned out to be a human clerical error. The bank resolved the differences and handled the assorted inconveniences which followed.
It has been said, "to error is human, to forgive divine." As humans, and banks, people, and individuals, we do error, we do make mistakes. No one is perfect. Our knowledge is limited. Our wisdom is incomplete. And our selfish desires often cloud our judgement. In short, we struggle with sin. Yet there is hope. Proverbs 1 declares: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." It's a great place to start!
Be encouraged by the Word of God:
From Romans 3
There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, . . . for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
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