I was getting a bit down about not being with my children. I saw some photos of them online this morning and feel like I’m missing out on such a large part of their lives. Do they miss me?
I woke up early with a strong resolve to spend this Sabbath more profitably – to spend time in writing, though seeing the photos has thrown me a bit.
I returned to bed with paper and pen and M’Cheynes’ “A Basket of Fragments” – The bookmark was at sermon 19 – The quarrel between Abraham and Lot – Genesis 13, v 7-13. The first lines of this sermon;
“Domestic trials are not easy to bear. Most believers would like to go to heaven without a crook in their lot. I have no doubt that Jacob would have liked to have gone to heaven without the trial he had in the loss of Joseph.”
These words are a most timely reminder to me, and I am feeling so much better now. Although I am suffering the “loss” of my children, I am most thankful that I am still able to see them – even if only for a little while.
I must keep in remembrance that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
