Patrick J. Sullivan Jr.

Patrick Sullivan Jr. was once named the nation’s sheriff of the year. Now, the former Colorado lawman has been charged with drug and prostitution offenses. Sullivan, 68, was being held on $500,000 bond in a jail in the Denver area. Ironically, the jail was named after him. It’s called the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility.

That’s quite a fall from grace! Imagine how humbling it must feel to be incarcerated in a facility that is named after you.

The Bible consistently urges us to finish well. The rewards that Jesus promises to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3 are only to those who persevere. Paul warns that some have fallen away from grace (Galatians 5:4). There is a lengthy discussion in Ezekiel 33 about how a person’s former righteousness will not help him if he turns to a life of sin.

The last chapter has not yet been written in the life of Patrick Sullivan Jr. If he so chooses, he can turn his life around. It is still possible for him to finish well.

The same is true for you and me.