There is really nothing we can do about the things we are taken to or from in this life.

Some of the objects we possess or which may possess us have keys which lock out intruders. In some instances the keys are used to protect the innocent from harm as in a gun safe or medicine cabinet.

There is a purpose in our locking out the children for their own good.

As a mother, I find we tend to do that with the “world” in a way with our kids. We want to protect them from the influence of harmful input from the “world.” Be it movies, or the internet, or magazines, or that neighbor kid that is nothing but “trouble”, we just don’t want them exposed so we try to protect them with restrictions, rules of behavior, and curfews.

But sometimes keys get lost and children wander off.

So when our efforts to control fail, we resort to pleading with the Almighty. “Oh, dear God!”

Recently, my two year old grandson said those exact words with all the emotion of a parent searching for a lost child. His little face showed the agony of needing help from something bigger than himself.

It made me think of how we as Christians are here to come along side one another with love and support like when Peter began to sink when he stepped out of the boat and was walking on the water and he cried out, “Jesus, save me!” Jesus reached out for him to lift him up.

If we don’t  find within ourselves the ability or skill or knowledge to do anything else, we can do this one thing for each other. Be someone’s shelter in the storm. Be a friend to hear their cry. Shine your light to light their way.  Give a word of encouragement when your friend is low today.