Stones. You've thrown them before. At a tree. A mailbox. A can. A person. Yes you have, don't lie! Memories go back to when you were a kid and you used to throw stones at things. You thought it was fun! I remember when I was in 4th grade (who remembers 4th grade?) I do. Because this kid named Josh Masters pegged me on forehead with a rock. I had to be checked out of school to get stitches; it was so bad. I don't know whatever happened to him, but I remember that day vividly and physically. I've actually tried to google him, or find him on facebook and I can't find the guy. Maybe he's locked up somewhere!
Stones. They hurt. They hurt when your hit with them. They hurt when you throw them at someone. Like Jenny in the video. Her past with her father wasn't all that great. He was an alcoholic, he abused her, never took care of her; which led her down a path of neglect and eventually a deadly disease.
Let me ask you some questions.
Are you living a life that would produce a legacy? Are you doing all you can do to do good? Are you preventing stones to be thrown at you?
Wow. Live a life to please others! Don't be ignorant as most people are that say, "I don't have to please others, if I please God thats all that matters!" Yeah right! To please God, is to please others. Romans 15:2 says, "We should please others. If we do what helps them, we will build them up in the Lord. The scripture says in Verse 5, "May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other-each with the attitude of Christ Jesus toward the other."
Stones. I know you have some that you would love to throw. At a father. mother. friend. uncle. But I pray that God will give peace and healing in those areas. I know they hurt. You wish they could've been more to you. You wish they would've done more for you. It's the past now. Look ahead! See what God has in store for you. The sins of your dad or anyone else, does not determine who you will be in the future. YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN LIFE! What someone else did in the past does not determine your future. LET GO OF THAT LIE!
Family and close friends have perhaps told you, "You're gonna be just like ____________ when you grow up!" No. You are your own person. You choose who you will be like! Thats the beauty of free will that God has given us.
And my advice to you...
...be like Christ.
I love you. I care about you. I may not know you, but I'm there in spirit with you waiting for you to change for the better. Read this prayer that I wrote and apply it to your heart. Don't just read it, apply it!
[Almighty God. Loving Father. I know you love me. I know you want what's best for me. Take me and make me who you want me to be. Take ALL that I am, and change me. Help me to become more like Jesus. Loving. Caring. Giving. Take all the resentment that I have toward people, my dad, my mom, my siblings, my family, my friends...and let love shine through. Heal me from disease of hate. Dear Lord, never let hate in my heart. But help me love like you love. Help me to forgive like you forgive. Most of all, let me forget like you forget. Take my heart, and wash it clean. Let it be as white as snow. In Jesus' name.]
If you prayed this prayer earnestly and believe it. Let it shine through you. Print it and stick it on your mirror or near your coffee pot. Somewhere where you'll see it everyday, and pray it until you feel no resentment, but LOVE!
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