Hey gang; The bride of my youth, who is a compulsive and
avid reader, slipped yet another pearl-of- great price under my nose. Since retiring from the world of children
and families that are at war with each other, I have refrained from reading
stories of such children and families but this one was in a Daily Guidepost
from several years ago and it caught her attention & mine.
Why, because we cannot untuck the stories that have impacted
our lives from our yesterdays. They seem
to raise their heads periodically, just to let us know the world has not
totally forgotten the times when we wonder if the world is completely crazy and
we will get swept up in its craziness. But
there are the wonderful pearls of those time when God’s firmness in our soul
gave us the strength and stamina to do battle with His adversary until the
battle was won.
Last week a Boeing 737 crashed when trying to land in
Russia. Let me tell you as a past Air
Traffic Controller there was the constant fear that the bell would sound and
the computers would lock down when an aircraft you had worked with went down
and the investigations begin. To return
to the boards or radar scoops after such tragedy required a very special type
of iron in you blood.
My old salt instructor said to me, one of these days you
will see airplanes flying around in your head.
And then added, “But…when you see people in those airplanes, you are
finished as a controller. He was right,
two aircraft that I had worked through my sector an hour before got together
over New York with total loss of life.
Today, more than fifty years since that fateful day, when I hear there
has been an aircraft accident the anxiety levels in my heart and soul sky
rocket.
So, how does this connect with the story above? As I read the story of the totally out-of-control
six-year old and how it impacted the total life of the family, it was important
that the mother had the power of God to give her strength, and not give
up. With each episode of total rebellion,
on the part of her child, she placed her faith and dependence in her Heavenly
Daddy to take her through yet another valley.
And as I read of her account of the battles that she fought
with Satan for the life of this little fire ball of out-of-control emotions, I
asked the question, Lord, what about all the families out there that are
fighting the same battles but do not know you as Lord and do not have the
strength to endure all that the world can hand out?
As I read the account written by this mother I thought of a
family that we had the privilege of coming along side who went through a
similar war but with a teen-age daughter.
The daughter had made a decision that she was going to do as she pleased,
and the mother had made a decision that she would stand toe-to-toe with her
daughter and do what had to be done to show her daughter the depth of her
love.
For each rebellious act there was a consequence until her
room had been stripped of everything but a pad on the floor for sleeping. But, she was blessed to have parents and
grandparents and a praying church behind her; and, one day, the light began to
penetrate the darkness. The wondrous
part of this story is mother and daughter now mentor and teach classes on how
to prevent your child from destroying their lives.
Look at the title of this epistle once again, “Father, in
the name of Jesus, I……Finish it! Is
there someone in your life that is dealing with a child or family issue that is
tearing the guts out of the family? There
is a solution. Our Lord said, I am the way, the truth and the life” (john
14:6). There is no greater statement in
the Bible than “He is risen!” He
stands ready to walk through the valley and shadows of death with you.
Blessings to you this Easter Season,
Gramps
P.S. I had written
another morning message to be sent on this date
but it just grew and grew and grew and when I tried to cut pieces out
and shorten it, I could not find places to cut.
So I decided that perhaps there may be some out there that would like
some extra reading this Easter Season. The
address: Grampswhatshappeningman.blogspot.com
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