THE FARMER & THE SHEEP
Once upon a time there was a farmer and his
wife who lost their son. The wife went to church faithfully, but the farmer
refused to go to no matter how often the pastor invited him. One day the pastor
went out to the farmer's house to try yet again to get the farmer to come to
church. As he pulled up to the farmer's house the farmer was coming outside.
The pastor asked him if he had time to talk for a minute and the farmer said he
had chores to do. So the pastor asked the farmer if he minded if he walked
along and talked with him while he did his chores. The farmer told the pastor
that was fine. They walked along talking and the pastor was praying desperately
for a way to reach the farmer when they suddenly came to a small river. In the
middle of the river was an island and on the island was a mama sheep and her
baby. The farmer told the pastor that it had rained recently and that must be
how she got trapped. He excused himself, saying he would be right back. He
then waded across the river to the island and scooped up the baby sheep, then he
waded back across the river and found some nice soft grass and laid the baby in
it. The pastor watched all this. Then he asked the farmer a question,
"Why did you do that?" Why didn't you bring the mama across? The farmer
responded, "if I didn't bring the baby the mother would stay out there
and starve to death, because she wouldn't leave her baby, but if you just go out
& bring the baby across then the mother will follow. The pastor then told
the farmer that is what God did with your son. He knows sometimes the only way
to get one across is if the other one is already there. Suddenly the farmer understood, his son was on the other side, he repented right then and there and prayed the salvation prayer, because like the momma sheep he would not leave his baby!
I know you love your
mom, and I know your mom loved you and the fact that she told you that God was
the only answer tells me right now she is in heaven, hoping and praying that you
will join her there. Do not get me wrong I am not telling you that God killed
your mom. He does not kill people. The only reason people die is because sin
was brought into this world and along with sin came death, it was apart of our
punishment for sin. God has really been putting you on my heart. I pray for
you often and I have been looking for a way to share with you how much God loves
you. If you need someone to talk to, I am here for you. Please be like that
mama sheep who followed her baby across the river, I know that is what your mom
would want. She would want you to live a long and happy life, and to be CLOSE to God. But it is your choice. Please remember, you will either get bitter
or you will get better and your mom would desperately want you to get better.
Bitterness will destroy your life, it will lead you down dark roads, roads
filled with trouble, heart ache and sadness, this is not the road your mom wants
for you. It is not the road that God wants for you but you have to choose for
yourself what road you will travel put some thought into it and choose wisely.
You are loved. God bless.
I wrote this for a young man I saw on facebook who is going through a lot right now because his mom died from cancer, before she died she tried to get him saved & she told him GOD WAS THE ONLY WAY... I thought that this might help him and it might help someone else too so I posted it here- I HAVE FOUND IN MY LIFE GOD REALLY IS THE ONLY ANSWER! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!
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