Taking Aim

-Author unknown

According to Sally, Professor Smith was famous on campus for his elaborate object lessons. When Sally walked into one of Professor Smith's classes and saw a big target on the wall and a pile of darts on a nearby table, she knew they were in for an especially fun class.

Professor Smith passed out blank sheets of paper and told the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had wronged or angered them. Then he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture. Sally's girlfriend drew a picture of the girl who had stolen her boyfriend. Another student drew a picture of his little brother. Sally drew a picture of a former friend, sparing no gruesome detail. Sally was pleased at the overall effect she had achieved.

The class lined up and began throwing darts. Some of the students threw their darts with such force that their targets ripped apart. Sally looked forward to when it would be her turn, and was disappointed when Professor Smith said that the time for that was up and all of the students needed to return to their seats. As Sally sat thinking about how angry she was because she hadn't had a chance to throw any darts at her target, Professor Smith slowly removed the target from the wall.

Behind the target had been a picture of Jesus.

A hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus-holes and jagged marks covered His face. Professor Smith ended his class with these words from Jesus: "Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me" (Matthew 25:40). Sally and the others filed out of the class in silence, glancing once more with tear-filled eyes at the picture of Jesus.

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