In the 1970s, a Border Patrol Agent assigned to the San Diego sector of the U.S./Mexico border gave himself over to authorities for accepting bribes from drug dealers.

This BP Agent was approached in a bar in San Diego by some drug smugglers and was given $10,000 every time he let through a load of drugs. The BP Agent didn't want to put the money in the bank as someone might start asking questions; he couldn't put it "under the mattress" so he hid it in the bottom of his golf bag.

One day, he came home and his golf bag was gone. Stunned, he asked his wife what had happened to his golf bag. His wife told him that their son had come by and asked if he could borrow his Dad's golf bag (which now contained $90,000).

The Agent was so shaken that he turned himself into the FBI and told them everything. He eventually did the right thing.

Speaking of doing the right thing, anyone who travels through the midwest usually has a stop-over at O'Hare Field in Chicago. The airfield was named for "Butch" O'Hare, a WWII pilot in the Pacific.

One day, Butch was flying with a bunch of other planes and they were going to attack the Japanese. Butch noticed that his plane hadn't been topped off and there wasn't anything he could do but return the aircraft carrier. On his way back, he came upon a squadron of Japanese planes who were flying back to their base. Butch, alone, decided to give them everything he had and he fought them furiously. When he ran out of ammunition, he tried with his own plane to hit their wings or tails. Eventually, the Japs quit and Butch returned to his aircraft carrier, a hero.

Butch could have quietly avoided the Japs and returned safely to the aircraft carrier without engaging the Japs but he did the right thing, even though it could have cost him his life, and fought. He had done the right thing.

Another story about doing the right thing also occurred in Chicago. Al Capone's criminal organization in Chicago included a man known as "Easy Eddie." Easy Eddie knew all the ins and outs of Capone's dealings and had been a trusted part of them for a long time.

One day, Easy Eddie was passing a Catholic Church. He went inside and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour. At home that night, Easy Eddie was filled with the Holy Spirit and wanting to do the right thing.

The next day, He went to the police and told them everything about Al Capone's organization. Easy Eddie did this, even though he knew that he could wind up dead in a Chicago alley. Several months later, his body was found in a Chicago alley.

Easy Eddie had done the right thing, even though it cost him his life.

What is the connection between Butch O'Hare and Easy Eddie, you ask? Easy Eddie was Butch O'Hare's father.

Too bad that officials in the various departments of our government aren't full of people who want to do the right thing. If it weren't for the Christians there now, it would be worse. Can one imagine what it would be like if the various departments were filled with secular humanists, bereft of the knowledge of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, who wouldn't know right from wrong?

May God richly bless those who do the right thing.