I slowly make my way through, the dark and dusty attic, through the treasures of the past that have been left behind. My foot bumps against the old movie projector that used to belong to my father. I pull the cord above and light filters across the room. I look this way and that to see if the old movie reels are still somewhere to be found. I pick up one marked 1970, and I gently place it into the old machine. With a flip of the switch, the sound of the motor whirs, and I feel as if I’m a time traveler stepping into days gone by as the story of the blond haired girl unfolds.
She totters this way and that taking her first steps into her future, getting ready for the path that lies before her. Oh, how I wish I could go back in time to help that young child, to guide her steps and protect her from any trouble that would soon come her way. I would whisper close in her ear and tell her that she has a Savior who loves her more than she could imagine. I would take her small hand and tell her to go this way and not that, to save her young heart from troubles to come.
Then the Father steps in and tells me, “No, you must let her go, let her write her own story. Let her see the world for herself. You know I will never leave her nor forsake her, I will be with her all the while. You know what her journey holds and what she must go through. Let her be. Without the scars and heartache she is soon to face, she wouldn’t be where she is today. A woman who has faced the fires and more. A woman who has grown into the person I want her to be. The woman who is standing right here next to me.”
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This was a gift from God to me today. Thank you for sharing this. My daugher, 18, just left on Monday. She didn’t want to be here anymore. 🙁 She is not saved and as hard as it was to hear her words and experience the hurts I know that God is faithful. She will face many things and will see that the the world she thought would bring freedom is full of selfishness, cruelty and wickedness. My mama heart hurts thinking of all that she will have to endure and am praying that she will repent and come home but your words here today gave me strength and hope. Thank you so much!
Theresa~
You and your daughter will be in my prayers. Remember that He is faithful!
Shari
Beautiful! Love you! Traci Michele
Traci~
Thank you! Love you too!
Shari
AMEN! I’ve looked back on my own life and come to the same conclusion. The scars and the wrong turns bring us to the feet of Jesus. I don’t want to trade that for anything!
Eileen~
I agree! They are so hard to go through, but so worth it!
Shari
Beautifully put, Shari! Love it!