9George Müller once said, “Either we trust in God, and in that case, we neither trust in ourselves, nor in our fellow-men, nor in circumstances, nor in anything besides; or we do trust in one or more of these, and in that case, do not trust in God.” In his high position as Chief Senior Advisor to President Richard Nixon, Charles Colson trusted in everything but God. After his trial and conviction as a co-conspirator in the Watergate scandal, Mr. Colson served seven months in a federal penitentiary. As a recent convert to Christ, Colson bravely took Muller’s principles to heart and resigned himself in prison to the LORD God almighty. Chuck was awaiting inspection at the gatekeeper’s office, when he heard a young man say that his brother…show more content… Charles Colson should have acted with compassion for his fellow prisoners who were being mistreated by the guards for three reasons: he knew what the guards were doing was wrong, he was following Jesus’ example of loving your enemies, and Jesus used CC as a beacon to the…show more content… Colson should have felt a deep compassion for his fellow inmates who were being mistreated by the guards is he was following Jesus’ example of loving your enemies. Lovingly, Christ had given Mr. Colson a heart like his. This was a gift that he had to believe in Christ to receive. Nevertheless, he used this gift to help keep him from getting into deeper trouble in the prison. Moreover, he witnessed inmates senselessly throwing away their lives over a petty fight. These senseless squabbles landed several convicts up to 10 extra years in jail.
The third reason Mr. Colson should have felt a deep compassion for his fellow inmates who were being mistreated by the guards is Jesus used CC as a beacon to lost. He had a myriad of lost souls while he was incarcerated. Chuck had a heart to see that the other criminals needed better coats for the coming winter and came up with a way of dying other warmer jackets in the wash to change them to an acceptable color (all coats and pants must be dark green in color and these fuzzy jackets were brown) therefore providing warmth and protection from the biting
