Today at Bible Study Fellowship Ephraim's class (and mine too) sang a new hymn: "Children of the Heavenly Father". The verse that we sang was: "Children of the heavenly Father, Safely in His bosom gather, Nestling bird nor star in heaven Such a refuge e'er was given."
Typical Ephraim, he took the words to heart. He and I had talked before he went to BSF, about how the bosom was like having God hold us close to His chest. I held Ephraim close to my own chest. As we left BSF, Ephraim was singing our new hymn. He asked "what is nestling?". We discussed how nestling was like cuddling.
Later as we were cuddling (nestling) on the couch together, Ephraim took his little hand and stuck it down the middle of my v neck shirt. He proudly sang "Safely in His bosom gather". That is my Ephraim. While his hand does not belong down my shirt, I sure hope that he will always remember that God will hold him safely in His bosom and that my bosom is a safe place for him to go too.
I am thanking God for my boys and for the privilege and yet awesome responsibility to care for them and bring them up in His Word. Our story today at BSF was of Baby Moses. How God cared for and had a plan for Baby Moses. God has a plan for us too. I pray that you live your life in the bosom of our Heavenly Father. It is a wonderful and safe place to be.
1 comment:
Very sweet story!
Welcome to blogland. I have been praying for you. We used to live in Columbus and go to FUMC, but we moved to Martinsville almost 2 years ago. Still, it's good to hear updates on how things are going in Columbus.
Take care and you are in my prayers.
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