My first taste of mercy was when I was 20 and faced 6 years in jail and $6,000.00 in fines for 3 misdemeanors - and in 1965, that was a fortune, and would have ended my life. I was not a Christian then.
We pleaded not-guilty to 2 (they were absurd, laws from the 1800’s), and guilty to one: removing a wild animal from state property.
The judge tore into us for 20 or more minutes and I truly thought he was going to give us life. And then he fined us each $35.00. MERCY!
BTW - the animal was a full-grown, 6’, 200 lb. alligator, and the state was Indiana. We “borrowed” the alligator for a prank and later let it loose in a pond in the woods. The gator found a creek from the pond to the largest lake in Indiana, and she found true freedom in the huge lake - 3 x 5 miles.
People who lived on the lake were not happy. And wanted us executed.
Made national news, Walter Cronkite & Huntley/Brinkley. My claim to fame.
My first taste of mercy was when I was 20 and faced 6 years in jail and $6,000.00 in fines for 3 misdemeanors - and in 1965, that was a fortune, and would have ended my life. I was not a Christian then.
mark twain.
So did you repent?