Boxer's Rebound
Theme of the Week: Release Resentment
Monday, January 23, 2006
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Key Bible Verse: For God is pleased with you when … you patiently endure unfair treatment (1 Peter 2:19)
. Bonus Reading: 1 Peter 2:18-24
On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a celebrated black boxer, and an acquaintance were falsely charged and wrongly convicted of the murders in a highly publicized and racially charged trial. The fiercely outspoken boxer maintained his innocence and became his own jailhouse lawyer. After serving 19 years, Carter was released. As a free man, he reflected on how he has responded to injustice:
"The question invariably arises, 'Rubin, are you bitter?' And in answer to that I will say, 'After all that's been said and done—the fact that the most productive years of my life, between the ages of 29 and 50, have been stolen; the fact that I was deprived of seeing my children grow up—wouldn't you think I have a right to be bitter? … But I've learned that bitterness only consumes the vessel that contains it. And for me to permit bitterness to control or infect my life would be to allow those who imprisoned me to take even more than the 22 years [from incarceration to dismissal of all charges] they've already taken. Now that would make me an accomplice to their crime.'"
—Greg Asimakoupoulos in PreachingToday.com
My Response: When are you tempted to be bitter?
Adapted from PreachingToday.com (1/11/04) by permission.
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I need Your power, Lord, to root out resentments and replace them with trust in how You are shaping my circumstances.
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