This morning I was watching "The View" and happened to come upon an interview with a African-American mother whose only son was shot and murdered by another young man several years ago and the man who shot him.
This segment of the show really portrayed what grace on earth is.This mother explained how over a period of time she found a poem about two angels who are mothers,in heaven;the gist of the poem was how these two mothers shared about their sons-one mother said she "wished she could have taken her son's place on the cross" and the other fell to her knees in respect and the other mother asked what happened to her son and the women on her knees said "my son is Judas..." and then poem ends there.
The mother who lost her son several years back,said that what she received from the poem she read was that mothers who's children have been murdered and the mothers and children of those who murdered should come HEAL together.Although reluctant,she obeyed and went to visit her son's murderer in jail to forgive him.She said that naturally when she first forgave him it was just "lip service" because she didn't feel that way,but she knew she had to CHOOSE to forgive him of his actions in order to heal herself and the murderer.
When the murderer was released from prison,the mother and her friends put together a "welcome home" party as well as getting him a apartment right next door to her place.He expressed how grateful and shocked he was when this women who's son he killed was taking the time to nurture him and "adopt" him as her second son.Now they have a strong mother-son relationship and she thanks God for having His hands on the whole situation.She continues to call the man her "spiritual son" and wears a necklace with a picture of her and her son on the front and the picture of the man on the back because they are now family...
Think about it.Could you take in and nurture your son's murderer the way this mother did??
-Lauren
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