Can't You See Don't You Care ?

11/19/15

Cant You See ?

There was a young man who really loved history .While in high school he always talked about traveling the world to see the places he had studied about. After graduation he went off to collage and majored in history .

As he learned more about history ,his desire to travel grew. While he was in collage he met a young lady . They soon got married and talked about traveling the world together. She became pregnant and gave birth to a boy. The young man dropped out of collage so he could support his family .His hopes and dreams faded away .He got a job at a railroad bridge over a major river that was also a shipping lane. His job was to make sure the bridge was down when the trains came and up when the ships passed by.

When his son was 9 years old he took him to work one day . He told his son about the ships and their destination by the flag they were flying. As the father an son were eating lunch .The father heard the whistle of the 1230 express train coming. The bridge was up and he needed to get it down right away.

He told his son to stay right where he was. The father ran up the steps to lower the bridge. As he did his safety checks .He looked up river and down river, then down below him to make sure all was clear. That’s when he say a horrific site ,his son had fallen into the gears and was stuck and crying.

The train whistle was getting closer ,he raced in his mind how he could get down and free his son and back up in time to lower the bridge in time for the train. If the bride wasn't down hundreds of people would die.

As the train was racing closer and closer he couldn't come up with a way to rescue his son and save the people on the train. He thought this is my only son if I pull the lever he will die and if I don't hundreds of people would die.

As the train came close and closer his decision had to be made. He pulled the lever over the rumbling of the bridge moving he can hear his sons anguish as he died when the bridge came down.

The bridge was down in time and hundreds of lives were saved. As the train passed the control station for the bridge he could see that the people on the train were clueless as to what just happened .They were reading the paper drinking coffee and laughing an talking .

As the train passed the father said “cant you see what I did for you. Cant you see I sacrificed my only son so you may live ,cant you see don't you care”

When you look at the cross remember what God has done for you and give thanks

John 3:16-17English Standard Version (ESV)

For God So Loved the World

16 “For God so loved the world,  that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

The time is NOW! Look at the cross and remember and believe in the truth of Gods Word