How Much do we Trust Him? (Trust Parenting)
“I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock,
and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my
buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the
Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.”
(Psalm 18: 1 - 3 KJV)
Jesus has helped us over and over and yet there are times when we still don’t
trust Him. It is always safe to trust Jesus because what He says; He will do.
Jesus is the rock of our salvation. He not only saves us from our sins; He also
saves us from our enemies and even from ourselves.
Sometimes He has to save us from ourselves so that we won’t make unwise
decisions. He is not only a tower of refuge; He is a high tower of refuge where
we can take shelter and hide from our enemies. We say that we love Him but do we
really love Him?
If we really loved Him, we would do things to make Him happy. However, all too
often, we do things and we say things that we know will hurt Him and bring
disgrace to His name. Do we love Him enough to trust Him with our children?
There are times when our children go astray and we don’t know how to help our
children. Our precious Saviour knows how to help our children. When it comes
right down to it, He is the only one who can help our children. We need to get
out of His way and stop interfering with the plans that He has for our children.
I am going to share something personal with you. It is extremely personal and
very painful but I share it with you praying that it will help someone else who
may be going through the same situation. Twenty eight years ago on Thanksgiving
Day, I was raped. As a result of that rape, I had the most beautiful baby girl
ever born. I kept her for five months until I realized that she was wearing dish
towels for diapers and I was literally stealing her food from the grocery store
because I didn’t have money to buy her food or buy her diapers.
I went to my pastor and shared my heart with him. My pastor gave me some of the
greatest advice anybody has ever given me. He said that it was between God and
me and that nobody had a right to tell me what to do about placing my daughter
for adoption. My pastor told me not to do anything until God confirmed to me
what He wanted me to do.
I prayed and asked God what I should do. He was so tender, compassionate and
understanding. He didn’t judge me or tell me that I was a terrible person. He
told me that as much as it would hurt me to do so; the best thing would be to
place my daughter for adoption so that she would have the material things that
she needed.
There is not a day that goes by that I don’t miss my daughter and wish with all
of my heart that I could hug her and tell her how much I love her. However, I
know that I can trust Jesus to take care of her. I have to admit that twenty
eight years ago when I made that heartbreaking decision to place her for
adoption that I did not trust Jesus. I worried constantly about her and made
myself sick over what I had done.
One day I asked Jesus to please forgive me for not trusting Him and I placed my
beloved daughter in His tender, compassionate and loving arms. The more I fall
in love with Jesus; the more I know that I can trust Him to take care of her. He
is trustworthy and faithful.
Do you trust Jesus enough to allow Him to take care of your children? Only our
precious Saviour can see into our children’s hearts and He is the only one who
can change their hearts and bring them back home to us again. Allow Jesus to
take care of your children and then thank Him for taking care of them.
Joanne Lowe
September 7, 2008
joannelowe8@cox.net
http://joannecomfortlowe.blogspot.com
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