Father and Mother left me, God took me in

[stephen]

When Father and Mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up Ps 27:10

Has death or divorce robbed you. Do you grieve for lost hugs. Such loss can cause so much pain, that life can become a struggle.
To grow up listening to endless arguments, and never see affection. It would be easy to think such was normal life. Then later to find yourself asking "How should I act as a parent?" "Why do I still feel like a lost child?"

David said "My father and and mother walked out and left me, but God took me in" Psalm 27:10 How wonderful. God can hold you and heal your pain. When you are hurting God can put you on his couch and be your "Wonderful Counsellor"
Is 9:6
When you feel like an orphan, He can be to you an "Everlasting Father" who never abandons his children no matter what. With Him you are always safe and protected. You are His child, which means if something is important to you, its important to Him too.

More than that, He can send people into your life who'll be to you, the father, the mother, the brother, or the sister you never had. "God sets the lonely in families" Ps 68:6

Don't focus on loss. Be aware that God wants to take you in. Recognise those he sends into your life to make it better.

 

[Dreamer]

I say yes, yes, yes, and Amen to this post, Stephen.

God is my mother and my Father. He has been the very best to me through good and through bad. He is awesome. What He says He will do, He will do!

No one has to be parentless! No one has to be love-less! We have a Heavenly Father who dotes upon us and loves us each one.

It's through Jesus the Son that we find this awesome Father. By making Jesus our Lord and Savior.

Praise the Lord!

 

[catseye]

Our earthly "relationships" are wonderful only because they are reflections of the intended relationship that "Daddy" (Abba Father) has for us.

Whenever we enjoy family, friends, pets, nature, etc... it is because we connect to them and connection through the work of Christ is what God desires to have with us.

 

[Dreamer]

Yes, but earthly relationships cannot take the place of our relationship with God.

My mother, father, sisters, and brother forsook me, catseye. And when they did, God took over.

 

[rizen1]

Jesus saves...

catseye....
Our earthly "relationships" are wonderful only because they are reflections of the intended relationship that "Daddy" (Abba Father) has for us.

Wow, that's so true..
We are created in his image, why not instill the same qualities in us. Our earthly father can not measure up to our Heavenly father, but there is a reflection in that relationship. But because of sin, there will be a break down in those relationship God provided.

As brother Stephen says....we have an Everlasting Father, there are no Orphans ( shouting....Praise God )

Dreamer
No one has to be parentless! No one has to be love-less! We have a Heavenly Father who dotes upon us and loves us each one.

Amen sister

Great Post....As Father's day approaches.

 

[stephen]

I say yes, yes, yes, and Amen to this post, Stephen.

God is my mother and my Father. He has been the very best to me through good and through bad. He is awesome. What He says He will do, He will do!

No one has to be parentless! No one has to be love-less! We have a Heavenly Father who dotes upon us and loves us each one.

It's through Jesus the Son that we find this awesome Father. By making Jesus our Lord and Savior.

Praise the Lord!

Amen Jan......Amen Glad you are keeping in touch...God Bless

 

[SpiritLedEd]

Father and mother left me, but God took me in.

I Iove my biological family, I truly do. But, I don't see much of them. They all live close by and I have some e-mail contact with my nieces, but that's about all. They are nice people, but they are locked into the humdrum of religion, thinking that religion is giving them relationship with God.

My real family is my Christian brothers and sisters in my church and on this site. I'm 70 years old. I came to Christ nearly twenty-four years ago and those years have been the best years of my life thanks to you guys, my real family.

I believe that God's Word puts the question of biological family vs. Christian family in perspective:

"A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him (Jesus), 'Your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.'" "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." (Mk 3:32-35)


SLE

 

[HappyCat]

Hello brothers and sisters. Something drew me to this thread, and I do believe that it was God's will. I would like to share something with you. This is something that has been going on in my life for what seems like my lifetime. My oldest son, who will be 40 this year, has not talked to me since right before Thanksgiving. During our last conversation, somewhere along the line, God was brought up. He wound up telling me that he never believed there was a God, and that he never would. I decided not to say anything further at that time, and to pray for his heart to change; to come to feel love for our Father.

We were on the phone for quite a long time that evening. My wanting to go make a purchase of something (I don't remember what) came up. Knowing how much I always liked Wal-Mart, he said something about my going there for whatever it was. I told him, "I'm boycotting Wal-Mart." When he asked why, I told him that it was because they had donated thousands of dollars toward the gay marriage vote elections. I then verbalized something that I had heard at my church, which was, "God meant marriage to be for Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." He was furious. He asked me, "What if one of your grandchildren were gay?" I said that I would still love my grandchild. He wounded up calling me a hypocrite and telling me that I sounded like "one of those church people."

During this six months, I have gone through many emotions. I began by feeling guilty and hurt. Over time, it turned into confusion as to why he would "do this" to me. Then, extreme anger. Over this time, I had called and talked to his voice mail; I sent a Christmas card with a check in it (he, his wife and my grandkids do not live near me. I had just moved, and that was the best I could do at the time). I stopped payment on it two months ago, because he ripped it up as far as I know; I had a picture taken of me at my church last September, and sent one to them, as well as my other kids. No word, it may have been garbaged long ago as far as I know; He was dutiful and had flowers delivered for Mother's Day. I felt nothing but coldness come with them.

Of course, during this whole ordeal, I've known an obvious answer: Satan. I listened to God's word, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." A couple of weeks ago, I told God, "As Mary did for Jesus, I brought Jim to this earth and became his earthly mother - but he is Your son, not mine. I give him to You to do with as You want. He knows not what he does, and I forgive him." I have felt much better by letting go and forgiving, although I will admit that I cry each and every day from mourning Jim's love. It hurts deep. But guess what? God does wipe the tears from my eyes! He gave me the strength to let go, and I smile as I type this.

God rules the roost with me, as He should. I laugh, sing, dance, praise, you name it. I look forward so much to spending eternity with Him! He does so much for us on earth as long as we let Him. Could you even begin to imagine what it will be like when we join Him up above, like Michael W. Smith asked in his song? He is here for all of us to love.

SLE, I feel as you do. My real family is my Christian brothers and sisters. I feel genuine happiness and love each and every time that I see them, which is really quite often. How wonderful for two sisters to give each other a big welcoming hug, right in the middle of a aisle in a Target Store, as Joanne and I did when we "ran" into each other! We had seen each other a few days before in church, and would be seeing each other again in a day or two at Bible study. Our precious brother, an elder of the church, is feeling the power of the constant prayers of his Christian family, after learning of the cancerous tumor he has on his brain. Although they are on a long journey across the United States (in car), we have our brothers and sisters who keep in constant touch. It has occurred to me that God has my life too busy than to worry about my son's nonsense.

 

[stephen]

A couple of weeks ago, I told God, "As Mary did for Jesus, I brought Jim to this earth and became his earthly mother - but he is Your son, not mine. I give him to You to do with as You want. He knows not what he does, and I forgive him." I have felt much better by letting go and forgiving, although I will admit that I cry each and every day from mourning Jim's love. It hurts deep. But guess what? God does wipe the tears from my eyes! He gave me the strength to let go, and I smile as I type this.

Heavenly Father I call upon your name today. I ask you to, by the power of your love, bring this man Jim, and his family to you. LOrd Jesus let this mothers prayer be answered, in your Name Jesus I look to you as I pray.

 

[nevender]

Basic

I am concluding university and i have had a group of friends called BASIC. Somebody shd guess that. These guys are closer to me than my real family and well they are all Christian. We talk about anything and are open to each other. I feel God is my FATHER coz He is...but i thank Him for my parents coz without em I don't know where i wd be, so i give thanks for them. and since they are here, i treasure and thank God.

 

[HappyCat]

Stephen, thank you for your prayer. I can't even begin to tell you what it means to me, but I suspect that you probably have a feeling.
This is the result of a deadbeat "dad" who walked out on his wife and three very young children in 1971. Jim was the oldest, at 4.

Last year Jim and I talked. He said that he didn't know how to be a father and all he felt he could do is "wing it." (He is a wonderful father). He also told me that he does not know me anymore. I am no longer the drunk mother who raised him. That explains a lot. I can't go back. He will need to go forward.

Nevender, welcome. And I thank you for sharing. I know that my son loves me. And he has treasured me as recently as last Fall. My concern is that if I die while this is going on, he will never forgive himself. I don't want that on his shoulders forever. But that must be between him and God.

Mark 13: 3-37 and Luke 21: 8-28 (NIV) covers the last days crystal clear, and family is included as one of the signs.

I'm sorry if these paragraphs get blended together.