Emphasis Preaching Journal

A young teenager was rummaging through some old family records in a closet. He came across something that took his breath away. It was a birth certificate with a court document attached. It had belonged to his grandfather and the name on the birth certificate, a German name, had later been changed by a judge. The new last name was the name that had served as the family name and eventually found its way down to him. Quickly packing the documents back into the box and shoving them into the closet, the boy hurried downstairs. He was quiet and his face ashen.