THE BABYSITTER

 
“Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”  Exodus  20:12

 My mother was my best friend.  She was a sinner until she was 36 years old.  Mother worked all her life as a seamstress in a factory.  She was a strict disciplinarian, teaching me some valuable life lessons.

 I was taught a blessing for meal time, a prayer at bedtime and every now and then she reminded me that she couldn’t see what I was doing or where I was going all the time, but God could.  He saw everything I did.  He would take care of me and He loved me very much.  I was told this because she went to work early and got home two hours after me.  I had to walk 1 ½ miles to and from school.  So God was my Babysitter.  As a child I learned to talk to God as my best friend.  This was a great journey I started with God at six years old. 

 I learned early to do as my mother told me and listen to her voice.  I applied that to God.  I knew I’d be safe if I followed directions.  This really helped when I became a Christian at 17 years old.  I had already learned to “trust and obey for there was no other way”.  I believed He would take care of me.

 This must be what God means when He said “suffer the little children to come unto me”. This must be the lesson the Holy Spirit is teaching us when He says “Come unto me in your youth.”

 “O God, thou hath taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.”  Psalms 71:17

 “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say; I have no pleasure in them.”  Ec. 12:1

 Many times in my life I have run into the arms of my Lord to take care of me.  He has always been Faithful!

 Is God your Babysitter?  He should be!

   A.J. Ferree