The nature of the encounter is apparently not important. What is important is that at least one person is willing to treat it as holy, capitalizing the “You” as well as the “I.” If you have ever been on the receiving end of such an encounter, then you know how it can change you. By covering your sin—running after you with the one thing you forgot to steal—another human being can suck the malevolence right out of you, leaving you buck naked long enough to see another way of being held out in front of you and grab it. Sometimes you get to be the thief. Sometimes you get to be the holy person.
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