Strong in the Storm by Rose Publishing

Author:Rose Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781628621136
Publisher: Rose Publishing
Published: 2014-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

GRACE DUBE’S husband was stabbed to death in South Africa. She tells of how her family found the ability to forgive in the midst of grief:

My husband was not alone when he was killed. One of my sons was with him, Benjamin Jr. He was only 12 years old and managed to escape. From behind a barrel he saw what they did to his father. He came running home to Soweto to tell me what had happened. Even though my husband had predicted what would happen I could not believe it had happened.

My son Benjamin went to his room and wept and wept, all night. Then the Lord did something in the heart of my boy. He heard a wonderful voice, like his father had heard. His father had often told him, “Benjamin, you must take my place to sing for the Lord if anything happens to me.” Early the next morning I heard singing, coming from my son’s bedroom. At first it was a broken voice, but then, it became clearer and clearer. I could hear my boy sing to the Lord. He sang a verse from the Scripture, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

I could hardly control myself. O Lord, make me like my children. Help me to forgive. My son and I have sung this wonderful song together ever since, in many meetings, in many countries, to many people who are hurt—and who need to forgive also. Father, forgive us, because we too do not always know what we are doing.7

In Matthew 5:44, Jesus instructs believers to “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” This may seem like an unrealistic task, something only for “super-Christians.” But the testimonies from persecuted believers remind us that ordinary Christians really can find extraordinary love to forgive others just as Jesus forgave. The ability to forgive may not come immediately, but when we pray and ask the Lord for help, he will bring healing and love in ways we didn’t know were possible.

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