“I just couldn’t help myself; that bud smelled sooooo good,” said David Allen Thompson as he was booked in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi. The list of charges looks pretty nasty ...
theft by unlawful taking,
receiving stolen property,
tampering with/fabricating physical evidence,
possession of a small amount of marijuana, and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
So where did 27-year-old David get his marijuana stash? From the desk of Officer David Kimball at the Charleroi Regional Police station. David had dropped by of his own free will to do the good deed of telling the police where they could find some real criminals. In the process, he noticed an evidence bag of “weed” sitting on the officer’s desk for a case that he was writing up. While the officer was distracted, he slipped it into his pocket.
When Officer Kimball couldn’t find the bag, he headed outside the police station hunting for David. Within five minutes, Kimball spotted him walking by. Upon being asked, “What did you do with the weed?” David dropped the baggie back into Officer Kimball’s hands.
Inside the station while he was being booked, David said, “Man, I’m guilty. Can’t you just give me a fine or something?”
Before you stop shaking your head and wondering about David’s IQ, answer this little questionnaire for yourself:
Are there any big criminals out there that you’d be happy for God to take care of?
While you’re waiting for “the big ones” to get punished, have you done anything wrong yourself?
Do some sins smell soooo good that a little bit once in a while is irresistible for a mere human?
Would you tell God the size His fine should be?
Remember, “a just weight and balance are the Lord’s” (Proverbs 16:1111A just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work. (Proverbs 16:11)). He’ll do a perfect job of examining your “rap sheet.” Will it be wiped clean by the blood of Christ, or will it require you to answer for yourself for what you yourself have to say “Man, I’m guilty” about?