02/03/2018
__________________________________________________________________________________
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. – Isaiah 49:15
I became
a Christian as a teenager, while I was still living at home with my
parents. Not very long after that, I started facing a lot of persecution
from my family because of my faith. They did everything in their
power to force me to renounce Christianity, but I knew the change that I
had experienced,
and I did not want to go back to my sinful past. The more I
refused to yield to their arguments, the more they made my life at home
miserable.
I could not move out because I had just finished high school and
was waiting for admission to a university.
Morning, noon, and night I
prayed for God to deliver me from their persecution, but things only
became worse. One day, I was feeling miserable because
of my situation, and feeling like God had forgotten me because
He had not stopped my parents. I walked outside and saw a hen with six
chicks playing
by our house. A few seconds later, the hen hovered over all her
chicks just as a hawk was swooping down to grab one of them. As I was
watching
this scene, the Spirit of God spoke to my heart and said, “Look
at that hen and how she protected her chicks from being hurt. If a hen
can do that
for her chicks, how much more will I protect you and care for
you?” I ran back into our living room, opened my Bible arbitrarily, and
read the
first verse that caught my eyes—it was Isaiah 49:15. After
reading the verse, joy and peace flooded my soul for the reassurance
that God
had not forgotten me.
Are you going through a
difficult situation right now? Does it seem that God is not hearing your
cries for help? Remember that He cares for us more
than the hen that was ready to risk her life for her chicks.
Keep looking up! He has not and will not forget you.
No comments:
Post a Comment