ORPHANS

Today's reading: Psalm 9-11

"...The helpless put their trust in you. You are the defender of orphans." Psalm 10:14 NLT

I think we're all orphans of some sort or fashion.

Maybe you've lost your parents. Maybe you never knew your real parents. Maybe your parents were known to you, but they lacked godly parenting skills.

But maybe, just maybe, you are an orphan of another sort...

One left to their own with a pile of broken dreams, dashed hopes and plans that never came to fruition?

What you thought your purpose was, has left you.

Where you thought you were going, has been changed.

Who you thought you were to spend life with, has gone another way.

Left alone...usually with 'baggage'.

But God, is our defender, fellow orphan!

He hasn't left us, although I'm sure we've both felt days when we didn't see Him with us.

He has gotten us this far, even though you're not sure you want to be here...now...having endured all you've endured.

He is with us! 

He is always with us, our Defender, our Friend, our Father.