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| Is Jesus thinking about you????????????????????? |
arcura |
07/21/07 |
One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in
the woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were
not right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a
job.
His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him.
He remembered family that had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he
had, that no one could cure. His very soul was filled with anger,
resentment, and frustration.
Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing
all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek
the one he knew would always be there. And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:
"Lord- You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told
me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed. Today, you have told me
to forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I cannot, I don't know how. It is not
fair Lord, I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I
shouldn't have to forgive. As perfect as your way is Lord, this one thing
I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive. My anger is so deep Lord, I
fear I may not hear you, but I pray you teach me to do the one thing I
cannot do: Teach me to forgive."
As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder. He opened his eyes. Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt. He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large
spike through them.
He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus
hanging on a cross. He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and
battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head. Finally he saw the
suffering and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man's tears turned
tosobbing, and Jesus began to speak. "Have you ever told a lie?" He asked?
The man answered - "Yes, Lord." "Have you ever been given too much change
and kept it?"
The man answered - "Yes. Lord." And the man sobbed more and more. "Have
you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked? And
the man answered, "Yes, Lord."
"Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain?" The man, crying
now, answered - "Yes, Lord." As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you
ever"? The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer -
"Yes, Lord" Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and
the man felt something fall on his other shoulder. He looked and saw that it
was the blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus,
and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before.
Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you." It may be
hard to see how you're going to get through something, but when you look
back in life, you realize how true this statement is.
If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it. When Jesus died
on the cross, he was thinking of you!
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