John H. Holiday, who was the founder and editor of "The Indianapolis Star" stormed into the composing room of newspaper one day. He was mad, ticked off. He had been reading through his newspaper when he found a story where the word "height" had been spelled as "hight." Holiday was determined to find the person who made the mistake and really let them have it. A copy editor checked the original copy of the story and discovered that Holiday himself was responsible for the misspelling. When he was told that he said, "Well, if that's the way I spelled it, then it has to be right." For over 30 years the Indianapolis Star misspelled the word "height."
Holiday's actions often mirrors our own. We find it difficult to sometimes admit our mistakes, don't we? At times, a three word sentence is the hardest one to say: "I was wrong." Rather than admit our guilt or acknowledge our missteps, we cover up, make excuses or shift blame to someone else. Anything but to own up to a mistake.
When Cain became jealous because his brother, Abel's offerings were received by God, while his own offerings were not received with God's favor, God gave him a chance to correct his mistake and do the right thing. But Cain refused and his anger ultimately led to his act of murder against his brother.
