Missing Person
Where is she? I've looked under every bed and in every closet, but she is no where to be found. "How could I have lost her?" I kept asking myself. "She was right here with me a moment ago, and now she's no where in sight!"
Thinking that maybe she wandered outside to play, I ran to the backdoor hoping and praying that she was out there. Standing in the doorway, I looked out into the backyard, but she wasn't there. Knowing that she was to small to climb the big oak tree in the yard, I knew that she must be in the house somewhere.
Scared that she might be trapped somewhere, alone and afraid, I called out to her again. "Please, answer me!" But silence was the only answer I received. "How could I have been so careless? Why didn't I keep her closer to me?" I kept asking myself over and over again. Falling down on my knees with tears streaming down my face, I prayed and asked God to return her to me. I knew that I couldn't go on without her, that I needed her to badly.
As I prayed to the Lord to please help me to find her, a knock came from my front door. "Could this be her?" I thought. As I walked over to the door on shaky legs, I took a deep breath in order to help steady myself as I opened the door.
"I was beginning to wonder when you were going to open the door, I've been standing here knocking for quite some time."
As I frantically wiped the tears from my eyes to help clear my vision, I saw Jesus standing there with her resting safely in His arms. "Where did you find her?" I cried. "I thought I had lost her forever."
As He smiled at me, He simply replied, "My precious child, you should have known that I would never let anything happen to her. I have kept her safe here in My arms all this time. You were never in any danger of losing her."
As Jesus placed her on the floor, she ran over to me and I knelt down to embrace her once again. I looked up to see the loving smile on Jesus' face as I once again embraced my inner child with all my strength. I made a vow that day that I would always remember to keep one hand in Jesus' and the other hand on the child I thought I had lost forever.
The End
