Hello ,
On February 9, 1960,
Adolph Coors III, millionaire head of Coors Company, was kidnapped and held for ransom. Seven months later his body was found on a remote hillside. He had been shot to death. His son, Adolph Coors IV, was then fifteen years old. He lost not only his father, but also his best friend.
For years he hated Joseph Corbett, the man who was
sentenced to life for the slaying of his father. In 1975, almost 15 years later, Adolph Coors IV became a Christian. Yet, his hatred for Corbett, the murderer of his Dad, still consumed him. He knew he needed to forgive Corbett as Jesus Christ forgave him. So he visited the maximum-security unit of Colorado's Canon City penitentiary to talk with Joseph Corbett.
Corbett refused to see him. So Coors left Corbett a Bible with the following inscription: "I'm here to see you today, and I'm sorry that we could not meet. As a Christian I am summoned by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to forgive. I do forgive you, and I ask you to forgive me for the hatred I've held in my heart for you." Later he confessed, "I have a love for that man that only Jesus Christ could have put in my heart."
Godly love...it's an amazing thing!
For if you forgive other
people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15
Have a great day and God
bless!
