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Oh my heart is full of thoughts on Good Friday. I have to share today's devotional because I know the same pain John Griffin felt as we watch our own dear children fall into the gears of this wicked world and our hearts break as we watch them being crushed. Yet, we carry on day to day with so many who don't have a clue how painful this whole process is. The reason this site is so good, in part, is that we can encourage one another and by that we are healing. Thank you for being part of the 400 who do care for each other here!
“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” La 1:12 NKJV
Two questions
John Griffin, who controlled a railway drawbridge over the Mississippi River, took his young son to work with him one day. After putting the massive drawbridge up, Griffin was eating lunch when suddenly he heard the whistle of the Memphis Express roaring toward the crossing. Leaping from the observation deck, he ran to throw the control switch. Glancing down, his heart stopped! His son had fallen into the gears, trapping his leg in the cogs. Desperately he tried to devise a rescue plan, but there was no time. His son was down there—but there were four hundred passengers on the train! Griffin knew what he had to do. Burying his face in his arm, he pushed the master switch just in time to lower the bridge into place as the train thundered across. Then raising his head he looked into the passing windows with tear-filled eyes. There were businessmen casually reading the newspaper, ladies sipping coffee, and children eating ice cream. Nobody even looked at the control house or glanced down at the great gearbox. In agony Griffin cried out, “I sacrificed my son for you people. Don’t you care?” But as the train rushed by, nobody heard the anguished father’s words. On this Good Friday as we consider the cross where God sacrificed His Son for each of us, He’s asking: “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” The question then becomes: “What…shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” (Mt 27:22 NKJV). There is only one right answer to that question: “Today, I accept You as my Savior and my Lord.”
“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” La 1:12 NKJV
Two questions
John Griffin, who controlled a railway drawbridge over the Mississippi River, took his young son to work with him one day. After putting the massive drawbridge up, Griffin was eating lunch when suddenly he heard the whistle of the Memphis Express roaring toward the crossing. Leaping from the observation deck, he ran to throw the control switch. Glancing down, his heart stopped! His son had fallen into the gears, trapping his leg in the cogs. Desperately he tried to devise a rescue plan, but there was no time. His son was down there—but there were four hundred passengers on the train! Griffin knew what he had to do. Burying his face in his arm, he pushed the master switch just in time to lower the bridge into place as the train thundered across. Then raising his head he looked into the passing windows with tear-filled eyes. There were businessmen casually reading the newspaper, ladies sipping coffee, and children eating ice cream. Nobody even looked at the control house or glanced down at the great gearbox. In agony Griffin cried out, “I sacrificed my son for you people. Don’t you care?” But as the train rushed by, nobody heard the anguished father’s words. On this Good Friday as we consider the cross where God sacrificed His Son for each of us, He’s asking: “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” The question then becomes: “What…shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” (Mt 27:22 NKJV). There is only one right answer to that question: “Today, I accept You as my Savior and my Lord.”
Sommersmom, I just wonder...... I feel like you, that my es doesn't give two hoots about Jesus' sacrifice; however, as I was reading your reply, I thought about how we raised our kids and probably most of them know what Good Friday means. Do you think when they heard it at some point today, in some way, that they remembered? I just wonder......
Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child...."