A gentleman wrote into Readers' Digest and told of this real life encounter. "While I was sitting in my parked car on the street one day, a young woman in the car ahead came over and asked me if I had a hammer that she could borrow. When I said no, she got one from the man in the car in front of hers. She then proceeded to smash out the vent pane on the side of her car. After returning the hammer, she opened her door, took out the keys and waved them at us with a triumphant grin. As she drove away, the fellow who lent her the hammer came over to me and said, ''If only she had told me what she wanted the hammer for I think I could have helped her. I am a locksmith.''"

Oh, the brokenness we bring into our lives when we try to do a self-atonement job and fix our fallen nature.