{"id":11134,"date":"2014-08-06T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=11134"},"modified":"2014-08-06T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T19:36:12","slug":"offering-a-little-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=11134","title":{"rendered":"Offering a little hope……."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had to run down to our courthouse this morning and on my way crossing the street to the office I was visiting.\u00a0 A Sheriff’s car was parked on the curb, I noticed this sign at the bottom of the cage in the back seat.\u00a0 I was going to make an image with my iPhone, but when I came out, it was gone.\u00a0 So I broke my own rule, walked past a shot, assuming it would still be there, when I returned!\u00a0 But that is not the point of this entry.\u00a0 I recreated the sign as close as I can remember it, above.<\/p>\n

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The point is, who ends up sitting in the back seat of a Sheriff’s car? I think we can agree that the occupants of that space are, more often than not, in trouble!\u00a0 Maybe drunk driving or breaking and entering, maybe something worse. The officer who drove that squad car, obviously wanted his arrested individuals to focus on something that might make a difference!<\/p>\n

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If you think about it, we’ve all been in that back seat, at least symbolically.\u00a0 Romans says, “We have all fallen short of the Glory of God”\u00a0 That means that we are “all” sinners, just like that person in the back seat, maybe a different sin, but sinners none the less.\u00a0 What we’ve done is not the issue.\u00a0 What we do about it, is!<\/p>\n

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If someone asks me what they can do when they have gotten to the end of their rope, I say what the sign in the back of the cars says.<\/p>\n

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When you don’t know what to do, look for the Answer<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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