4/18/16 Angelo about 25
Today I stuck a rock in someone’s shoe.
This guy named Angelo was outside a store, taking a smoke break from
work, not bothering anyone, and I stuck a rock in his shoe. And I’m glad I did it. I started a conversation with him, asked him
where he thought he would go after this life.
“I think I’ll be reincarnated” he said.
“As a person?” “I don’t know, it depends,
Could be anything, a person, an animal, a flower” “Is that something you look forward to?” “No, not at all. Makes me want to just enjoy this life while I
have it” “What determines what you will
end up as after this life?” “Well, that’s
not for me to decide. I would say the
way we act here in this one. Depends on
how we get rid of our sins before we die, I guess.” I was a little surprised he so freely referred
to being judged and the need to get rid of his sins. Makes me think someone else had “put a rock
in his shoe” before me. “Well its
interesting you should say that. I’m a
Christian and we also believe we must deal with the fact of sin in our lives
before we die. The problem is, even if I
perfectly repented and never sinned again, I would still be guilty of the sins
I have already committed. And the good
things I might do to make up for them are only good things I ought to do
anyway. I can’t use the good I ought to
do to “pay” for the sins I ought not to do” By this time Angelo was done
smoking his cigarette and I didn’t want to wear out my welcome, so I said good
naturedly “Well, I’m sure your break time is almost over, this will give you
something heavy to think about while you get back to work.” He laughed, we shook hands, and he hobbled
back to work with a rock in his shoe.
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