A boy’s heart was full of sorrow with the many burdens which he had built up. Not being able to bear it anymore, he went onto his knees and begged for the Lord to give him some much needed relief, to somehow become better. Tears streaming down his face, he pleaded for help because he couldn’t bear the pain within. An image of a man in a white robe came into his mind and he could not mistake who it was. The nail marks were vivid. The message which was learned from this imagery was not that everything will be a walk in the park soon, but that his focus was all wrong. It was not to be focused on the miniscule problems he had to deal with, but the atoning sacrifice of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ which he had lost focus of.
This boy has been me. Recently my focus has been so focused on my little problems that the focus of the Savior was lost. How can I sit here and complain about my petty things of the world if I really understand that His son went through it all and more. How selfish of me! How weak and self centered. My goal is to regain the focus, never forgetting that life is more then a few bumps and bruises along the way. God is great.
