GUILT
CHECK

Topics: Confession; Conscience; Guilt; Honesty; Integrity; Repentance; Restitution; Stealing

References: Exodus 20:15; Matthew 6:24; Ephesians 4:28

A shoplifter wrote to a department store, saying, “I’ve just become a Christian, and I can’t sleep at night because I feel guilty. So here’s $100 that I owe you.”

He signed his name then added a little PS: “If I still can’t sleep, I’ll send you the rest.”

—Bill White, Paramount, California