day 7

Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:17 PM

Never say you hate someone

I ran across a woman today who was emotionally exhausted,crying and in so much pain......I asked, "excuse me , miss , can I help you?" No , No you can't was her answer,,,,Please , please are you sure? Get away from me ..,no,no, I am sorry....you can not help me.....I had a fight earlier with my 17 year old son and like all 17 year olds, he stormed out of the house , but before he left, he yelled "I hate you" and I yelled back I hate you too. Then about 6pm, there came a knock on my door and it was the police, asking me if I had a son and was his name Michael, I told them yes , yes my son, my only child is named Michael, They then showed me his wallet, Why do you have Michael's wallet? I asked! ...... they started to tell me my son was at a friends house where his friends brother was targeted by a drug dealer who came by their house when my son happened to be there and my son was killed,shot him in the head.......You see ,he was my baby, my life,,,,,why did he have to leave this way?..Can you help me find Jesus? I need to speak to him. No , No I can not, I said....she continued , " but I told him I hated him when he walked out that door and that was the last thing he heard from me.............I spoke up,, no it was not, it was not the last thing he heard,, He is hearing you now, He knows how you feel , he knows how hurt you are, He feels your pain ...say something to him ,,,say it now......"Jesus, oh Jesus ,,baby, I
should have not yelled at you, I was only worried about you, but my worrying got you killed , baby, please forgive me"..............

I share this story with you, with one thought in mind, please watch you words when speaking to a loved one , If it is the last time you do see them, the toughest time you will have is not if they forgive you but if you can forgive yourself.........remove hate from your vocabulary forever , as hate never has a happy ending.