It is Finished! (And it really is.) by Julie Zine Coleman "After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, "I am thirsty." A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit." -John 19:28-30 NASB On the day of my first book's deadline, I was up until midnight, using every last second to check and double-check my final draft before submitting it to my publisher. Finally, my time was up. I dashed off a cover email and loaded the manuscript file as an attachment. But just before sending, I realized that it was now several minutes past midnight. So I added a quick tongue-in-cheek note to the email: "So sorry I am six minutes late with this manuscript." The vice president of Thomas Nelson replied, "We're on Central time. You are actually fifty-four minutes early!" |
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