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It’s pretty hard to find really good, honorable, famous men to look up to these days.   It seems we see new moral failures on a daily basis since #MeToo erupted.  Recently, with the passing of Billy Graham, I found that I was deeply moved by the good life he lived.  Faithful to one wife, to God and to tell the world about Jesus, truly a life well-lived.  I know no one is perfect, but the media couldn’t find one thing negative to say about him.  He lived an upright life.

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3 Important Things

This weekend I was loading some books on my Resources page and went to look up one of my favorite authors.  I’ve recommended his books for years because they really had a profound effect on my spiritual journey.  I googled his name and the first thing I see is “Bill Hybels resigned this week amidst allegations of sexual misconduct…”  What?!?  I’ve admired not only his writing but his leadership, his church’s missionary outreach and he’s a great teacher. 

God immediately brought David to mind – another writer I love.  A man after God’s heart who royally failed, committing both adultery and murder.  I find it easy to accept David maybe because he’s in the Bible.  The Psalms are rich with truths and I never once thought I shouldn’t read or recommend them to others.  

I’ve been reminded of three important things:  

1)  We are humans and can really mess up

2)  When we do, God willingly forgives when we repent

3)  Mistakes do not invalidate the good that we have done

With that said, Too Busy Not to Pray and Descending into Greatness, by Bill Hybels are really good books on prayer and humility.

So I pray he didn’t do it. 

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