Case of mistaken identity
Case of mistaken identity I’ve been studying out God’s grace, hoping to dig deeper in my understanding. I prayed for God to help me to understand more. I came across a news article recently about a family in Georgia who invited their 15 year old son’s friend to come live with them. I can definitely picture this young boy excited to have his friend come live with him, “Please, please, please, can he come?! Please mom/dad?!” Maybe he knew about his friend, or maybe he didn’t, but the friend had been involved in gang related activity. Whichever rival gang he was messing with, came into the house he was staying and gunned him down, but unfortunately, they had the wrong boy—mistaken identity. They shot and killed the son, not the friend. I’m sure the young 15 yr old boy who the bullet was intended for felt so guilty; how can he possibly pay back anything for his friend’s life that was taken? He can’t. This unfortunate event reminds me of Jesus. “Dad! Dad! Can