On December 1, 1997, about a dozen students were gathered together for their daily prayer meeting at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky. As they said their final Amen, a 14-year-old boy suddenly walked up and opened fire on the group. Three of the students died, while five others were seriously wounded. The irony of the situation was that a number of these students had actually befriended this young man. In the midst of this tragedy, an amazing story of forgiveness emerged. As she lay in the hospital, one of the injured girls—15-year-old Melissa Jenkins—was informed that she most likely would be a paraplegic for the rest of her life. Melissa wanted to get a message to the teenage boy who shot her. What do you think her message was? Did she say she hated him or that he would get his in the end? No. This is not what she had to say. This Christian teenage girl said she forgave him. This is not a natural thing to do. Rather, its supernatural. This is just one of the amazing things about followers of Jesus: if we will surrender to Him, he will give us the capacity to forgive people. Rev Ran :)
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 03:00:07 +0000
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