Below is a video from Good Morning America that covers an incredible story of a 23 year old robber who surrenders and prays with a cash clerk whom he was robbing. He admits to her he wont hurt her but is desperate to get money to support his family since he’s been out of a job for over a year.

Good Morning America

The Clerks name is Angela and both her, Greg, his mother, fiance and daughter (not son like the video above stated) appeared on Oprah this past friday (Oct. 19th) They were all at the studio in Chicago while Greg was skyped in from jail. Here’s a link to the part of the interview when he apologized officially to Angela.

Interview

I teared up the wholeee time the interview was aired. Here was a young man who struggled with suicide because he was depressed and struggled to take care of his family. My heart hurt for him.

He was respectful and truly sorry. He made a wrong choice and humbled himself in front of the world by apologizing for all his wrong actions and asking for forgiveness. He stated he always believed in God and Christ but never lived that lifestyle and up until that point he was always in control and took advantage of all he had. He believes it was God who used the clerk to speak to him with such compassion, something he had never felt from someone else, not even his mother.

This situation is evidence of how POWERFUL it is to love one another. All this boy needed was someone to listen, care and believe he can be great.

If we lack love we have nothing at all.

All he needed was Love.

Let’s not forget to acknowledge the greatness we see in others and encourage them to reach for it. But most of all, let’s live in love.

Tags: Compassion, Forgiveness, Good Morning America, Love, Oprah