My Sister took the blame for me
Posted by Gabriel Flechas on Thursday, May 19, 2011
Under: Testimonial Blog Posts
When I was about 6 years old, I was a good kid. I did what I was told with minimal complaining. I tried to obey my parents and tried to do what I knew was right. I was a very curious kid though. This became a problem because I became very curious about some pretty dumb things.
It was a very normal day at first. I was bored and was looking for something to do. I was always with my sister and she was as bored as I was. As we were walking through the house we found a pair of scissors on the table. It was in the dining room where there were blinds over the window. These were the types of blinds that had the strings that would pull them up and down. The blinds were open and I had a very bad idea at that point. I decided it would be interesting to see what would happen if I cut one of the strings running down between the blinds. So I took the scissors and cut one of the strings. Only one string. Of course my sister was watching and knew what I had done. So we moved on and kept looking for something to do.
That night at dinner it seemed normal. I had forgotten about what I had done. We were eating and my dad just happened to notice the broken string. He got up and his expression quickly changed from happy to furious. He began yelling and asking who had cut the string. My sister pointed across the table and me and said,"Gabriel did it." I panicked and quickly accused her. The blame was thrown back and forth a couple of times before she stood up and said,"I did it!"(she was about 4 at the time) and was then punished. I still don't know why she said that but I was happy to let her take the punishment. I didn't want a spanking.
The interesting thing is that a few years later I told my mom and dad that I had actually been the one who cut the blinds. They were sort of upset and my sister was mad that she had ended up being punished for my mistake. There is an interesting thing that Jesus has done for us though that this story seems to reflect very well.
Adam and Eve ate the fruit that they were told not to eat. They caused a fall for the rest of humanity. Jesus was the only way we would be able to escape punishment. Jesus willingly took our punishment for us like my sister took my punishment for me. There was no blame thrown at us by Jesus though. He took it willingly and because he wanted to.
It was a very normal day at first. I was bored and was looking for something to do. I was always with my sister and she was as bored as I was. As we were walking through the house we found a pair of scissors on the table. It was in the dining room where there were blinds over the window. These were the types of blinds that had the strings that would pull them up and down. The blinds were open and I had a very bad idea at that point. I decided it would be interesting to see what would happen if I cut one of the strings running down between the blinds. So I took the scissors and cut one of the strings. Only one string. Of course my sister was watching and knew what I had done. So we moved on and kept looking for something to do.
That night at dinner it seemed normal. I had forgotten about what I had done. We were eating and my dad just happened to notice the broken string. He got up and his expression quickly changed from happy to furious. He began yelling and asking who had cut the string. My sister pointed across the table and me and said,"Gabriel did it." I panicked and quickly accused her. The blame was thrown back and forth a couple of times before she stood up and said,"I did it!"(she was about 4 at the time) and was then punished. I still don't know why she said that but I was happy to let her take the punishment. I didn't want a spanking.
The interesting thing is that a few years later I told my mom and dad that I had actually been the one who cut the blinds. They were sort of upset and my sister was mad that she had ended up being punished for my mistake. There is an interesting thing that Jesus has done for us though that this story seems to reflect very well.
Adam and Eve ate the fruit that they were told not to eat. They caused a fall for the rest of humanity. Jesus was the only way we would be able to escape punishment. Jesus willingly took our punishment for us like my sister took my punishment for me. There was no blame thrown at us by Jesus though. He took it willingly and because he wanted to.