THE CONSCIENCE FUND
When I reflect back over my life, I have plenty of regrets, even as a Christian. You probably do, too. I wish I could go back and do things differently. I wish I could undo some things, or at least make them right.
The power of regret moved an ex-GI back in 1974 to send a note to the US government that read, “I’m sending $10 for blankets I stole in World War II. My mind could not rest. Sorry I’m late. I want to be ready to meet God.”
His money was placed in a “Conscience Fund” begun in 1811, which receives an average of $45,000 each year and has taken in a total of more than $3,500,000.
The Apostle Paul had regrets, too, when he wrote, “I am…not worthy to be called an apostle…But by the grace of God I am what I am” (1 Corinthians 15:9-10. What is one regret you have from 2010?
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