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Psalm 27:10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the Lord will take me up.

Here in this verse lies the root of many of our fears.  When others forsake us, especially family members, we automatically shift that sort of non-protection/abandonment to our heavenly father as well, thinking he might do the same.

When parents divorce or leave, little kids often wonder what they did wrong to “cause” their parents to leave.  And we all know the kids are never the issue.  So the little kids grows up thinking they aren’t worth staying and fighting for…until that hurt and wound transfers to fear that God might do the same.

God isn’t like our earthly parents.  He created us, he loves us, he sent his son to die for us, and he even made us in his image to bear his name!  He bought us with a price and he’s not letting go!

Any time we feel alone or that God is silent, he’s just waiting for us to crawl up in his lap and lay against his heart and breathe…in the silence…aware and secure in his arms.