We have a family that was a referral who we have tried to contact but the timing just has not worked out. But to make a long story short and not to share any information that is private we went back this last week and the mom was really upset. She told us that her daughter went missing last week. They don't know if she ran away or if she was taken. Of course just as any mother would be she was upset and very tired from the long nights of no rest and worry. I can't imagine the things that this woman is going through, and I tried to put myself into her shoes and still, I know I can't feel her pain unless I am in her situation.
HOWEVER! There is one person who knows exactly what she is feeling. But I want to look at this in a little different way. We all have a Heavenly Father and Mother, who have exercised their faith in us by sending us here to earth, with the hope that we would live the gospel so that we could return to them one day! Everyday we have the opportunity to make decisions which naturally will allow us to grow closer or further away from them. And I can't imagine the pain that Father in Heaven feels when we choose to essentially "run away" from Him. Or what he must feel when he sends us help and we choose to ignore it!
I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us and his work and his glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man! He is willing to reach out, to give us help on this mortal journey, if we are willing to reach back! There is no need for us to wander in darkness.
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