Originally posted on May 23, 2016 by our dear friend, Helen

When I was a child, I had a terrible of fear of our vehicle getting stuck. Rural roads at that time were gravel or dirt, so mud and snowdrifts were a way of life. If our wheels started spinning, I covered up my head (it helped). When I was eight I began riding a school bus to school. Our route was mostly graveled roads but in a couple spots we crossed a small stream with no bridge. You can imagine where my mind went. When I got home in the evenings, I cried about my fears of getting stuck and unable to get home safely. My mother assured me if the bus got stuck Daddy would come and get me. ( I never questioned how Dad would get through the roads in a car if the bus couldn’t get through.) But I was reassured that my Daddy would come for me.

Fast forward seventy years. When I get bogged down or stuck in the mudholes and snowdrifts of life, I am still assured that my Daddy (my heavenly Father) will come for me and help me back to solid ground.

In Joshua 1:5 God reassures us, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” And in Ps. 50:15 He invites us, “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you will honor me.” As my father cared for that little girl, my heavenly Father still cares for this grandmother–a life of caring. Remember: God loves YOU unconditionally.

Helen