Forthright Magazine http://www.forthright.net Straight to the Cross This week, we'd like to hear from our readers. Never made a comment online? Follow the link at the end of the article in this email. At the bottom of the webpage there are spaces for you to write in. Have a say! NOTE: On Saturday, we misspoke. Dawn Pasley's husband,James, preaches at the Northside congregation in Butler, Alabama. COLUMN: REALITY CHECK Who Owns You? by Stan Mitchell "But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ" (Philippians 3:7). As the Colombians walked back to their fixed wing aircraft, Gerald felt a mixture of exhilaration and fear. Four million dollars was a lot of money! Just one deal, he promised himself, that's all he would do, and he would be set for life. He wouldn't have to work another day in his life. He looked at the case of cocaine in the trunk of his car. There would be some tense moments at the border, but once through there it would be plain sailing. Then he saw the note attached to one of the packets of the snowy narcotic. His name was written on the top. Picking up the paper, he turned it over. There was just one sentence: "I own you now." It was signed "Raul." Raul Lozano was the drug boss he had met, silent and lethal, who had been Gerald's first contact. His heart sank. Gerald had made a deal with the Devil, and he understood for the first time that any monetary profit he received would bring a staggering loss. His life, and his family's was no longer his own. I am frequently astounded at the way people so readily, uncritically make a deal with the Devil when making a deal with Christ would be so much more profitable. Why do we do it? Paul learned the opposite truth to Gerald. When you sign on with the Lord, everything else fades into the background. When Christ owns you, you make an everlasting profit! ---- Read this article online, write your reaction, and read others' comments as well. Click here: http://tinyurl.com/4y8lob You can help get the word out. Here's how: http://www.forthright.net/editorial/lend_a_hand.html