Orphaned

Have you ever lost your parents? Been walking in a store and looking at your favorite toy and turn around and they are not there…

You are alone. No one around. Now this is not the same as being orphaned. But for that moment you do not know what to do or where to go. You are alone, surrounded by people. People that might want to do you harm, people you do not know and can not trust…

Jesus promised us in John 14:16 that he would not leave us alone. He would not leave us orphaned. He goes on in John to tell us He is leaving us, we will not see Him. Unlike losing our parents, we have been warned. Jesus tells us He is going to be here, and then we will not see Him, He will be gone. In the blink of an eye it will seem that our world has ended, and everything has changed. And it has. nut He has not orphaned us! He will come back and get us. John 14 starts with one of the verses I hear/preach on at funerals. “In My Father’s house are many mansions, and I will come and take you to myself, so where I am you maybe also.” (my paraphrase). Jesus tells us there is a place for us, for all of us. He is not going to leave us, for long. He is coming back for us.

So in your darkest hour when it seems like God has left the building and is no where to be found, have heart and trust in the promise that He will not leave you orphaned!