Scripture

“I will never leave you or abandon you.”

~Hebrews 13:5, CEB

Quote

“The King of love my Shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I lack nothing since I am His and He is mine forever.”

~Henry William Baker

I am in the process of reading my old blogs in hopes of saving those worth keeping. I have until September of 25 to get this project done. This blog comes from the August 12, entry of 2011.

Our security is in the fact that Christ made a choice to love us, and He loves us unconditionally, which means there is nothing we can do to keep Him from loving us. We can not change who He is: it is not possible. Back in the late 80’s, we had a little girl in child care who was giving the workers fits. Her behavior was never good, but one day it got so bad that they called on me to intervene. I sat the child down and we had a talk. Her name was Beth and I noticed right away that she was really insecure. To be honest, I began the interview with some degree of resentment because Beth was an interruption, but before it was over, my entire attitude had changed. Beth and her little brother were what we call Twelve Hour children. They were dropped off at 6:00 am and picked up at 6:00 pm Monday through Friday. Trust me folks, this is never a good sign. Beth and her brother went to bed one night and the next morning their father was gone. Beth had not seen him since. Her little brother couldn’t even remember him. Beth’s mom was stressed to the max, immature and struggling to make ends meet. She was also lonely, but having two kids made it tough for her to date so she allowed men to come to her mobile home. To her boy friends, the kids were an inconvenience and unwanted baggage. Kids are not stupid; they pick up on things like this. The mom was desperate for a husband and the kids were not helping anything. Obviously, the mother had made it clear to Beth that it was she and her brother that was keeping her from getting a husband. These are Beth’s words…”I am afraid that my brother and I will wake up one morning and mom will be gone just like daddy.” I had met Beth’s mom a few times, and I feared that Beth was telling the truth, but I did not dare confess my fears to Beth. I assured her that her mother loved her and that she would never consider leaving she and her brother. I was telling her one thing while thinking another. Not long after this encounter, Beth and her brother did not return to Child Care. I do not know what happend to them.  I think Beth would be twenty two years old.

Humans are fickle and undependable, but not our Savior. He said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” and you can count on it. What a wonderful promise. What a comfort it is to hear these words from our Savior.

Extra

Visitation for the Ann Vest family is tonight at Peck’s 6:00-8:00. The COLS is Wednesday and it is private.

Have a great day and thanks for reading the blog.