Never Alone

  Introduction Time:  

    For 30+ years, I have been a believer in and a follower of Jesus Christ.  I have seen and experienced many of the good things that can come to us in this life, such as close loyal friends who stay around for a lifetime ( hard to find sometimes in this life),  a loving church family to grow and raise my family in,  the blessings of marriage, of  beautiful children and now, even grandchildren.   I have also experienced hard things, such as illness, facing the possibility of death when cancer reared its ugly head,  separation from loved ones through death, through disagreements, or even distance. I have grieved deeply as a mother with sorrow over the pain and struggles of my children. I have felt their anger and rejection at times, and still felt  my heart throb with pain, because of my love for them.  I have failed those I loved at times, giving in to my own weaknesses,  and have had to face the gut-wrenching truth that my choices hurt someone that I loved. I have needed forgiveness.   And I have experienced the agony of betrayal by one whom I most believed and trusted.   In essence, I guess I have had a common human experience in this life.

  

     While I have by no means suffered as much as many others, what I have come to understand and want to declare is this immutable truth:  God, our Creator, IS who He says He is.  The Bible declares that He is the One who created us, who redeemed us, who loves us, and who keeps His promises!  It says that when we put our faith in Him, through Jesus Christ, we become His own, and He will Never leave nor forsake His own!

     

     Many times through my life, when I have been afraid, this is the promise He has made to me:  I will never leave you or forsake you!  Looking back, I can see how He kept His promise every time.  And now, at this time in my life, which seems the most painful and frightening time I have experienced, He daily reminds me that He is there and that whether I understand the whys now or not, He is with me, He loves me, He is in control.

For God, Himself has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you!

 Even through the hardest of times, whatever may come, what a great load of fear is lifted from my shoulders. Through every step of this journey, my Father REALLY IS with me.