There Is Justice

"...be sure your sin will find you out." Num 33:2

Paul Broft and Brendan Gibbins are devoted New England Patriot fans. Even though they didn't have tickets to watch their team defeat the North Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII, they flew to Houston anyway in hopes of getting into the game. Their spirits lifted when they ran into Bruce Smith who sold them two scalped tickets for the bargain price of just $1400 each.

Unfortunately, the tickets turned out to be two of the eighty-four counterfeit tickets confiscated at the turnstiles by security officials. Broft and Gibbins had no recourse, so they stood in the parking lot of Reliant Stadium and simply listened to the crowd on February 1, 2004.

The next day, with long faces and lighter wallets, the two waited for their flight home at Bush Intercontinental Airport. To their utter surprise and joy, Bruce Smith was there waiting for the same flight back to Boston. The police were quickly notified and Smith was arrested. Three weeks later, Judge Jeannine Barr sentenced Smith to two year's probation and ordered a $2,800 refund on the tickets.

Obviously, not every situation ends so justly, but we can rest assured that God's ultimate justice will eventually occur.