Let’s face this fact. At times it can be challenging to
love. Not everyone is kind and considerate. Not everyone is easy to
talk to, to connect with, or simply to be around for a few moments in time.
What is most difficult, however, is finding the strength, compassion and
love to truly forgive, especially when you are been deeply hurt or wounded and
the pain is still fresh.
Consider the
story of a handsome baby boy who was born to a childless
couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a very loving
couple and their baby boy quickly became the apple of their eyes.
One morning, when the child was two years old, the husband noticed an open medicine bottle. He was late for work, so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and put it away. Preoccupied in the kitchen, his wife totally forgot the matter.
Their toddler spotted the bottle and was immediately drawn to it, being totally fascinated with the bright color of the liquid inside. Tragically, the child drank the entire contents of the bottle, a medicine which benefited adults in prescribed dosages, but was poisonous to young children.
Soon afterwards, the child collapsed. The mother hurried him to the hospital where he soon died. The mother was stunned and terrified. How could she face her husband and tell him this terrible news?
When the distraught father arrived at the hospital and found their beloved child dead, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think those four words were?
The husband simply said, “I love you darling.”
The husband’s totally unexpected reaction was entirely proactive and positive. Since their child was dead and could not be brought back to life, there was no upside in finding fault with the mother. ‘Besides,’ the father thought, ‘if only I had taken a little time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened.’
The blame game would be futile and pointless. This mother had lost her only child, and what she really needed at that moment was genuine consolation, unbridled acceptance and unconditional love. This husband looked deep within, and that is exactly what he offered her.
One morning, when the child was two years old, the husband noticed an open medicine bottle. He was late for work, so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and put it away. Preoccupied in the kitchen, his wife totally forgot the matter.
Their toddler spotted the bottle and was immediately drawn to it, being totally fascinated with the bright color of the liquid inside. Tragically, the child drank the entire contents of the bottle, a medicine which benefited adults in prescribed dosages, but was poisonous to young children.
Soon afterwards, the child collapsed. The mother hurried him to the hospital where he soon died. The mother was stunned and terrified. How could she face her husband and tell him this terrible news?
When the distraught father arrived at the hospital and found their beloved child dead, he looked at his wife and uttered just four words. What do you think those four words were?
The husband simply said, “I love you darling.”
The husband’s totally unexpected reaction was entirely proactive and positive. Since their child was dead and could not be brought back to life, there was no upside in finding fault with the mother. ‘Besides,’ the father thought, ‘if only I had taken a little time to put the bottle away, this would not have happened.’
The blame game would be futile and pointless. This mother had lost her only child, and what she really needed at that moment was genuine consolation, unbridled acceptance and unconditional love. This husband looked deep within, and that is exactly what he offered her.
Bottom-line:
Let’s treasure the people and blessings that we have. Let’s refuse to magnify anyone’s anguish,
suffering, or pain by holding tenaciously to resentment, anger, bitterness and
unforgiveness.
Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all
else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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