Saturday, December 01, 2007

In debt

Bouncing a check is one thing, but Joe Martins received a letter in the mail from his bank saying he was overdrawn $211,010,028,257,303.00.

That’s $211 trillion.

I can't even imagine that much money. I bet Joe can't either. More than the federal budget, more than the combined fortunes of all the rich people I can think of.

It reminds me of the parable Jesus told about the man who was forgiven his huge debt only to turn around and demand a few pennies from someone who had borrowed from him. Can you imagine if Joe Martin's debt was real?

No debt is too big, no sin too great, no heart too hard that the grace of God can't cover it.

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