November 30 “HIS Children…” Acts 17:28
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being…For we are also His offspring.” (Acts 17:28)
Being concerned for your children is a “rite of passage,” for a parent! I know that I am still concerned about our child and her family. Years ago, for a brief time, I, personally, had a rebellion moment. I rejected the sage advice and counsel of my Daddy, and I struck out on my own. Well, I encountered obstacle after obstacle and I fell MANY times, yet I picked myself up and kept on going! I made decisions that Daddy did not agree with, and he told me that he was upset with me. I asked him, “Do you love me? Then trust me!” As time went on, Daddy began to see that I was doing “OK!” He and Mama came for a visit, and he told me that he was proud of me. Amazingly, I had accomplished what I had set out to do, without any direct help from him. Please be aware that 20 years of learning from this man, and watching him grow, isn’t something that you forget, so he, actually, did have a strong and lasting effect on my ability to survive on my own. We were standing on my front porch, and I looked at him and said to him, “Daddy, thank you for loving me and giving me up to try it on my own, but not giving up on me!” My Christian journey has been littered with falls and missteps and errors and hurts and sorrows, yet HE has never, ever, given up on me! As a Child of God, I am grateful for His Love, His Grace, through Jesus Christ, and for His sustaining Power, through the Holy Spirit, to lead me and teach me and to allow me to grow into what He would have me to be! Remember, “Life is a process, not an event!” How about you! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!