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 that you
teach me to do this 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 to sobbing, 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.

Read the following first line slowly and let it sink in

If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
Lord I love you and I need you, come into my
heart, today. For without You I can do nothing.
When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!

I like that Merc. Thanks for sharing.

you're more then welcome, took a huge risk at posting it but I wanted to share it with those who enjoy it

Anything with a religious/spiritual tone can be a huge risk, depending on where you put it lol. And no matter what, you will find someone who disagrees with you! Maybe next time just put something like *religious spoiler* in the title so people will be forewarned if they wish to avoid such a thing.

good idea, I just thought it was nice and wanted to pass it along to whoever was interested. Thank Adri and welcome, we all have missed you

Glad to see this today - was in great need. Thank you for sharing!!

You're welcome Penelope, wishing you a wonderful day. Hugs, sounds like you need one hun

I disagree

I'm not religious, but I have no problem with such threads.

If people have issues with religiously themed threads, they don't have to read them, it's that simple in my opinion
You shouldn't and don't have to put any warnings on such threads, at least, not here.
Alot of people probably find great comfort reading such things, so it's welcome here, rude comments in reply however, are not. (Which, hasn't happened in this thread)

Good thread by they way

P.S, Hope that came across right.