Reformed

When I tell people Jorge has been in prison for 20 years, I get the looks.  The are you out of your mind look, or you poor naive fool look, or the sure he's a Christian in prison but he will go back to his criminal ways as soon as he is free.  I am utterly confident that they are all wrong. Statistically he will be going against the odds but Jorge has something going for him the oddsmakers don't figure on.  The love of Jesus Christ burning in his heart.

Jorge isn't the 1st or only one in his family to have fallen to the temptation of fast money selling drugs.  He had 2 brothers who also did time and came out and changed their lives around.  His one brother now teaches English in Bogata.  His second brother got out, snuck back in the US and was working as a JC Penny manager.  True he was illegal, but half the population is nowadays.  He made a big mistake, he went to visit a friend who was incarcerated.  Now I ask, why would he ever go back to a prison after he'd been in one?  He did, he was recognized and ratted on and ended up not going home the day of the visit.  He actually ended up in McRae while Jorge was there.  He got to leave a lot earlier, but seeing his brother those few months was a real blessing to Jorge.  His brother is now in Colombia a successful tomato farmer.

 I know God has great plans for Jorge to witness to his country.  I think a person can be reformed without Jesus Christ.  However, when one is reformed by the love of Jesus Christ no one can take that away.  That reformation is what moves mountains, changes hearts and changes the world.