Topics:<\/b> Consecration; Preparation; Prisons; Service; Stewardship; Study; Television; Wasting Time<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Matthew 10:39; Philippians 3:7\u201314; 2 Timothy 2:15<\/p>\n
Most of the death row inmates at Mississippi\u2019s Parchman Prison were in their bunks, wrapped in blankets and staring blankly at little black-and-white TV screens, killing time. But in one cell a man was sitting on his bunk reading. As I approached he looked up and showed me his book\u2014an instruction manual on Episcopal liturgy.<\/p>\n
John Irving, who had been on death row for more than fifteen years, was studying for the priesthood. Irving told me he was allowed out of his cell one hour each day. The rest of the time, he studied.<\/p>\n
Seeing that Irving had nothing in his cell but a few books, I thought, God has blessed me so much, the least I can do is provide something for this brother<\/i>. \u201cWould you like a TV if I could arrange it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks,\u201d Irving said with a smile, \u201cbut no thanks. You can waste an awful lot of time with those things.\u201d Irving had determined not to waste the one commodity he had to give to the Lord\u2014his time.<\/p>\n
\u2014Charles Colson, A Dangerous Grace<\/i> (Word, 1994)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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