$1 Sticker on the Windshield

Shannon — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:48:00 GMT

Several years ago we gave an older vehicle to some friends who needed an extra. To make the transaction legal, Ken asked them to pay a dollar.

Lindsay later asked, "Daddy, did you really sell our van for a dollar?" Ken told her yes, he had.

She said, "Well... I think you could've gotten at least two dollars for it." Her earnestness made Ken smile.

Today, even a $2 sticker on a windshield would indicate 'gift' to Lindsay. She's learning more about how much things cost-- as am I.

I knew, back when I accepted Christ's salvation, that I was getting an undeservedly good deal. But I'm just starting to understand the magnitude of the sticker price, and the unlikelihood for me to receive such a gift. Had our friends been the type to regularly spit in our faces, we wouldn't have given them even our rusty, stained van with cracks in the windshield. But though I regularly offend Christ in the most horrifying ways, he tossed me the keys to a blood-bought, shiny new vehicle with VIP tags dangling from the mirror and the GPS's 'home' set to the Father's throne.

I'm still quite child-like in the way I think about the value of this gift. But I think it brings him honor when I ponder its worth.

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$1 Sticker on the Windshield