“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” – 1 John 3:16
His little eyes were brown as they looked up at the doctor. He wasn’t afraid anymore, because he knew in his heart that he would be holding Jesus hand very soon. The accident had occurred earlier in the day and small town of less than a thousand people all knew of the dire situation within a few hours. The man involved in the accident was in critical condition and the doctors and ER staff were doing all they could to, but it wasn’t looking promising. People began gathering at the hospital to provide moral support, and as the young family pulled into the parking lot a line was wrapping around the building. As they walked toward the building the young boy asked the simple question, “What are y’all doing in that line?” One elderly woman in line said matter of factly, “Why, we’re giving blood to save Mr. Stanton.” The boy proceeded to the end of the line, which made his parents proud, so they followed and stood with him.The doctor was walking down the line of people standing there asking a few questions of each person, and one by one they were all leaving the line. Finally, he came to the boy. Looking up at the parents he asked, “Do you know what his blood type is?” The mother answered, “It’s ‘O’ negative.” This got a optimistic response from the doctor, who replied, “He’s the only one in this whole line with O negative and that’s exactly what we need.” The mother looked at her boy, the doctor looked at him as well and asked, “Do you want to give blood to save Mr. Stanton.” Without a moment of hesitation the boy looked up to the doctor and said “Yes” Then he looked to his Mom and Dad, and with a small tear on his cheek he handed them his stuffed giraffe and said, “Mom – give this to Betsy when she’s older, and tell her I love her and I’ll see her in heaven.” To which the mother broke down in tears and hugged her small boy, while the dad and doctor stood there amazed at this young boy’s compassion and willingness to die for another person to live. They calmly explained to the boy that he wouldn’t die, but it was just a procedure to take a little bit of blood from him and give it to Mr. Stanton.
Jesus Christ, when asked to take on the sins of the world, and die for these sins; said to the Father – “Yes, I will die for them.” With unbelievable and profound love for people he had never even met, He took upon Himself the sins of all mankind and became our sacrifice. Let this story be an example for you to hold onto as you consider just how much God loves you.
Prayer:
Loving Father,
Your grace is sufficient for all of our sins and in Your word You have promised that we will one day join You in Your kingdom because Jesus was willing to die in our place. Help us to never take this unbelievable gift for granted, but in turn use it on this earth to expand Your glory and honor. We lift all praise to you and Your Son and long for the days where we walk side by side within Your Kingdom. In Your name we pray – Amen
http://www.10minutereader.com
No comments:
Post a Comment