ALMOST

"Almost is apt to be a sad word under the best of circumstances."

Frederick Bruechner
Beyond Words  p.32 Nook


Losing a basketball game by one point can hurt worse than an obvious skill difference. Missing our flight by only 2 minutes is still missing. The person just ahead of us gets the last concert ticket, or the last Black Friday deal. "Almost" stinks.

Worse than all that a mother, after one or more miscarriages, goes almost full term.

ALMOST HURTS.

But there can be no more serious or painful "almost" than Agrippas'.

"After Paul finished, Agrippa came out with the only remark he had ever made that has gone down in history. "Almost persuaded me to become a Christian,' he said (Acts 26:28)." (emphasis mine.)

Frederick Bruechner




Lonnie