I worked in a bank during my college days, and I transferred large sums of money each day. It was not unusual for me to handle entries with lots of zeros.
One time I wrote down a customer’s account number on the deposit slip, made the entry, and deposited the money . . . into the wrong account. The money increased another man’s checking account balance, and before the mistake could be resolved, he withdrew all the money. He deposited it into an account at a bank across town. I suppose he hoped no one would discover the mistake...
That was the biggest mistake of my life to that point, all twenty years of it. (Now, of course, I’ve lived long enough to realize that was not the last mistake I’d ever make.) I wanted to pass the blame on to the bookkeeper for not balancing her books sooner, but I knew it was my fault...
...Problems, mistakes, errors, and blunders happen to everyone. But we can find comfort in knowing that God, who owns the only spiritual “eraser,” has the power to wipe away every mistake if we’ll only ask.
...That reminds me of the story in Luke 15: 8 where it says, “Or suppose, a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me: I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
As for my loss at the bank, I rejoiced when the found was returned. Talk about a party. I could’ve danced like those we’ve watched on Dancing with the Stars; I was ecstatic with the lost money being found.
Think of how Jesus feels when one person turns from sin...
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