About oneta hayes
ABOUT ME
Hello. To various folks I am Neat’nee, Mom, Grandma Neta, Gramma, Aunt Neta, Aunt Noni, Aunt Neno, and Aunt Neto (lots of varieties from little nieces and nephews). To some I’m more like “Didn’t you used to be my teacher?” or “Don’t I know you from someplace?” To you, perhaps, I am a Fellow Blogger. Not “fellow” like a male or a guy, but “fellow” like a companion or an adventurer. I would choose to be Grandma Blogger, and have you pull up a chair, my website before you, while I tell you of some days of yore. I have experienced life much differently than most of you. It was and is a good life. I hope to share nuggets of appreciation for those who have gone before me and those who come after me. By necessity you are among those who come after me and I will tell you of those who came before. Once upon a time in a little house on a prairie - oops, change that lest I commit plagiarism - and change that “house on the prairie” to “dugout on the prairie.” So my story begins...
the father of a 20 year stabbed in a night club responded to the news team immediately after the murder “I’m a chaplain in the prison system so I pray that i get to work with this young man who killed my son so that he can heal” – it can be done!
Amazing Grace! Thanks for the story; it is very inspiring. 😀
and he was so sincere about wanting to heal his sons murder, it was amazing!
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We had a father here in Oz who watched his wife and two beautiful daughters gunned down at Port Arthur in Tasmania. Yes indeed it took him a long time to be able to forgive completely from his heart. He fell at the foot of the cross to ask for personal forgiveness for the overriding ANGER and HATRED that swamped him for the perpetrator. In time he came to the place where he would forever have ANGER AND HATRED for the actions of the gunman but honestly was able to pray for the man and in his praying for the man forgiveness flowed and his whole life was healed.
He spoke on national TV. Forgiveness was in no way conditional upon any apology from the gunman who to this day still smirks when he is asked about the events of the terrible day.
What grace flows from God to the father as it is passed on to the killer. A marvel of God; sweet release for the father.
Thank you for sharing this testimony, Faye! How inspiring it is to remember that God heals all things…
Faye’s story is indeed a wonderful look at what God’s grace can do in the life of his children.
Have you seen “The Keepers” on Netflix? It is an original documentary about the murder of a nun and sexual abuse of girls by Catholic priests in Baltimore, Maryland. The main victim in this documentary went to the confessional to ask the priest to forgive her for having been abused by her uncle as a young child.
Atrocious! What an awakening is coming to some traitors when they come before the Great Judge. I’ve never watch Netflix, but this looks like a good thing to start with. Thanks.
Another thought provoking post, Oneta! I can always use such sage advise as I continue to trip-over the complexities of forgiveness…. Hugs to you for sharing your wisdom!
Thank you, dear Dawn. You have such a malleable, willing heart. God must love you when he has you on the “potter’s wheel.” 😀
I truly await, with anxious breath, for Him to reveal what I shall be upon completion! Hugs to you….
😀 Wonderful thought.
Forgiveness, what a divine intervention. Something that was never needed prior to us being ousted from the Garden, another aspect of God’s love brought into view just when Satan thought he had us by the throat (which in fact, he did.) Thanks for tackling it and reminding us!
And thank you for reading and encouraging with your comments.
So true oneta.
Thank you. Are you Nita, maybe? I appreciate the comment. You know comments are a bloggers reward!
Yep. It sure is..