A young man in Canada professed salvation a few yes ago. Later he fell in with bad company and began to steal. He was caught and sentenced to one year in Fort Saskatchewan penitentiary.
The man who had led this young man to the Lord was chaplain at that penitentiary. He had been very much concerned for this young man's welfare, and had often written him.
Sentenced for punishment in the very penitentiary where this old friend and man of God was chaplain, the young man could not bear the thought of seeing him. He begged the judge to change his sentence to two years in the Prince Albert penitentiary, so that he would not have to face his Christian friend at all. Two years instead of one to escape facing a follower of Christ! He could not face the one who had been so kind and anxious for his salvation.
What a lesson is here for us! How shall we ever face our God whom we have so often offended!
Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Are we prepared to meet God? Has the precious blood of Jesus covered our past record of sin and shame? Can we with confidence face the Lord Jesus Christ, and know that every bit of the old record is covered?