"Look what Joshua did to my tape!" Nicole's face was red with anger. "He's ruined it!" She turned toward her little brother, who sat at the table eating ice cream. "Don't you ever touch my tape player or tapes again!""I'm sorry, Nicole," Joshua said sadly. "It just broked."
"Tapes don't just break!" Nicole argued. "You broke it." She shook her finger at Joshua. "From now on you leave my tapes alone!" she repeated as she went to her room to study.
The next afternoon Mom joined Nicole in her room. "How's the homework coming along?" asked Mom. "You had a test today, didn't you?"
"Yes, but we have another one tomorrow," Nicole replied. "Most of us messed up on today's. We didn't understand the problems very well, so Miss Nelson explained them again, and she's giving us another chance to bring our grades up."
Mom smiled. "I'd say it's good of her to give you a second chance."
Nicole nodded. "Miss Nelson is a really nice teacher," she said.
"Joshua sure could use a second chance, too," said Mom.
Nicole looked puzzled. "Does Joshua have to take tests in kindergarten?"
"He needs a second chance with you," explained Mom. "Don't you think you were a little hard on him yesterday? I don't think he's quite gotten over it-he's been very quiet ever since." Nicole looked down at her hands.
As Nicole hesitated, Joshua came into the room. "I'm going to save my allowance and buy you a new tape," he told his sister.
Nicole's glance fell on her math book. Remembering her second chance in math, she shook her head. "You don't have to do that, Joshua," she said. "I know you didn't break it on purpose. It was an old tape and probably would have broken soon, anyway." She gave him a smile. "You can use my player and my tapes. Just be careful, okay?"
"Okay!" agreed Joshua with a big smile. "I'll be very careful!"
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Do you realize that God has often given you a "second chance"? And probably a third, fourth, or fifth chance-or even more? How many times have you cheated, lied, or disobeyed? How many times have you failed Him in one way or another? Yet when you confessed your sin to God, He always forgave you. Are you holding a grudge against somebody? Don't you think that person deserves a second chance, too? Ask God to help you forgive as He does.
TODAY'S KEY VERSE: (Colossians 3:13)
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
"Tapes don't just break!" Nicole argued. "You broke it." She shook her finger at Joshua. "From now on you leave my tapes alone!" she repeated as she went to her room to study.
The next afternoon Mom joined Nicole in her room. "How's the homework coming along?" asked Mom. "You had a test today, didn't you?"
"Yes, but we have another one tomorrow," Nicole replied. "Most of us messed up on today's. We didn't understand the problems very well, so Miss Nelson explained them again, and she's giving us another chance to bring our grades up."
Mom smiled. "I'd say it's good of her to give you a second chance."
Nicole nodded. "Miss Nelson is a really nice teacher," she said.
"Joshua sure could use a second chance, too," said Mom.
Nicole looked puzzled. "Does Joshua have to take tests in kindergarten?"
"He needs a second chance with you," explained Mom. "Don't you think you were a little hard on him yesterday? I don't think he's quite gotten over it-he's been very quiet ever since." Nicole looked down at her hands.
As Nicole hesitated, Joshua came into the room. "I'm going to save my allowance and buy you a new tape," he told his sister.
Nicole's glance fell on her math book. Remembering her second chance in math, she shook her head. "You don't have to do that, Joshua," she said. "I know you didn't break it on purpose. It was an old tape and probably would have broken soon, anyway." She gave him a smile. "You can use my player and my tapes. Just be careful, okay?"
"Okay!" agreed Joshua with a big smile. "I'll be very careful!"
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Do you realize that God has often given you a "second chance"? And probably a third, fourth, or fifth chance-or even more? How many times have you cheated, lied, or disobeyed? How many times have you failed Him in one way or another? Yet when you confessed your sin to God, He always forgave you. Are you holding a grudge against somebody? Don't you think that person deserves a second chance, too? Ask God to help you forgive as He does.
TODAY'S KEY VERSE: (Colossians 3:13)
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
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