When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me. —Psalm 27:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READ:Psalm 27:1-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culled from: http://www.odb.org

Years ago, when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley, I developed a friendship with a fellow student who had suffered a terrible loss. His child had died and his wife had left him because she couldn’t deal with the pain.

One day, as my friend and I were walking down the street, we found ourselves behind a dishevelled mother with a grubby little boy in hand. She was angry at the child and was walking much too fast, towing him at a pace his little legs couldn’t maintain.

We reached a busy intersection where the child abruptly stopped and…