Guilt and a Goodnights sleep

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The defense attorney of a man who was being tried for murder thought he had an ingenious ploy for his closing arguments. He told the jurors, “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you must find my client not guilty of murder. based upon the fact that you do not have even the slightest doubt in your minds that he is the murderer, I have one final witness.” The attorney paused and said, “The true murderer is about to walk through that door.”

Every eye in the room looked toward the door. But no one walked in. The lawyer said to the jury, “You see, ladies and gentlemen, there is doubt in your minds. Otherwise, you would not have looked toward the door. I ask you to find my client innocent.”

The jury retired to deliberate, and five hours later, they returned with a guilty verdict. The attorney was beside himself. He said, “I proved that if the jury had a doubt about my client’s guilt, they could not find him guilty.”

But the jury foreman, a wiser, older man, commented, “As everyone looked toward the door, I watched the defendant. He did not turn his eyes toward the door. He did not look toward the door, because he knew no one was coming through. He himself was the guilty one.”

 

When I finally came clean about stealing the record… what a relief. 

 

No greater bed to sleep in than the bed of a clean conscious. 

 

 

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

 

unrighteousness - Gods disapproval