January 5

CHARITY is stumbling into warm hands

My son, your sins are forgiven.  ~ Mark 2:5

Harold Hughes described himself as “a drunk, a liar, and a cheat.”  He was so convinced he’d never change that he decided to end it all. 

At that moment, however, he remembered enough from the Bible to realize that to take one’s life was wrong.  So he knelt down sobbing and explained to God why he was going to end it all.  Suddenly, something happened that he never experienced before in his life.  He wrote later:

“God was reaching down and touching me.  Like a stricken child lost in a storm, I suddenly stumbled into the warm hands of my Father.  Joy filled me, so intense it seemed to burst my breast…” 

Ten years later, Harold Hughes was elected governor of Iowa. ~ Mark Link, S.J.

Have you ever turned down or avoided participation in a Knights activity?  Would the Father’s warm touch have helped you see it through?

I have swept away your sins like a cloud.
Comeback to me; I am the one who saves you.
~ Isaiah 44:22