I remember Elisabeth Elliot once told a story about her baby Valerie and her husband, Jim Elliot... Mr. Elliot had rocked Valerie to sleep and the 2 were very quiet. Suddenly, Valerie woke up very scared, almost frantic, waving her arms around for her father. Mr. Elliot just put his arms about her to reassure her of his presence and Valerie fell back to sleep.
Touching story, but with an encouraging reminder, as well - Mrs. Elliot said that we are very much like Valerie. We go along in life - everything couldn't go better - and then, something doesn't go according to plans. We lose it or we realize we have no control or we have a great loss, or anything we wonder at why God would let such a thing happen. Where did God go? Why all the pain and fear? Did our Heavenly Father just abandon us?
No, he didn't. In fact, He never did ... He was there, He IS there, and He ALWAYS WILL BE!! And when we call out to Him, our Daddy will never fail to comfort us and hold us in His loving and caring arms.
My first short post! :)
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