When my boys were very small, I took them and left an abusive husband who had beaten them horribly while I was away from home. Life was difficult as a single parent, but I had a job with a terrific boss, transportation, childcare and a support system and I knew I was one of the lucky ones. Still, there were times when I got so depressed and overwhelmed that I wondered if God remembered my name and our situation.

One day on the way to work, driving down a very narrow street, the double-axle trailer hooked behind a panel van jumped off the trailer hitch and began to hurtle toward my small compact car. I remember thinking maybe I could jump the curb and pull into a yard to get out of the way when I heard a very loud voice shout “NO!”

Against my better judgment, I continued to drive toward the trailer because there was no other place to go. The trailer suddenly turned, jumped the curb and traveled down the grass where I would have been had I jumped the curb. It passed me, turned back toward the street, bounced off the rear door of the car following me and came to a stop in front of the panel van that had been pulling it. No one was hurt. The baby in the back seat of the car traveling behind me didn’t even wake when the trailer popped the door.

I knew that morning that God not only knew my name, but He knew my situation and He had a plan for us. Several times over the next several years, I would drive to that spot and look at the one-inch gash that trailer put in the concrete when it jumped the curb. I put my finger in the gash and remembered that no matter how distant and disconnected I felt, I was never out of God’s tender care.

More than 25 years have passed since that Wednesday morning. My boys are grown and have families of their own. God saw us through many difficult times. He has never once left us or failed to provide what we needed most. I only drive to that spot in my memory now, for I know He is faithful.

Perhaps you feel disconnected, depressed, overwhelmed or lost. Maybe you feel God has abandoned you or that you have walked so far away that you can’t come back. God has not abandoned you and you can always make a u-turn and come back, just as the prodigal son did.

If you need someone to talk to and help you reconnect, we are ready and willing to listen, pray with you and help you find your way home. Won’t you give us a call and let us help?

One of my favorite touchpoint Scriptures is I Samuel 22:1-5. David is sitting in the cave of Adullam, which means the “Place of the Squeeze.” I don’t know about you, but sometimes I really feel like I’m being squeezed by the circumstances of my life!

Verse 2 says that all that were with David, about 400 men and their families, were in distress, in debt or discontented! Quite a crew of people hanging out in that cave! And I can imagine the moaning and groaning and complaining going on around the campfire. Wow!! I’m betting it was not a pleasant place to be at all.

When I’m hanging out in the cave, I have some choices to make. I can make it pretty – hang wallpaper, put up pretty curtains and lay some carpet to make things more pleasant. I can decide the Squeeze is where I’m stuck and just camp out in this drafty old cave and stay in debt and discontented and distressed. It’s my choice!

Better yet, I can decide to follow the advice of the prophet (verse 5) and remember that this cave is not my destination! I am on my way to the palace with those who love me and support me. I can remember I don’t have to stay in debt, discontented and distressed. It isn’t my final destiny. My final destiny is the Palace!!!!

So, it’s time to get my stuff together, pack my bags and get out of the cave. Let somebody else decorate this place and camp out here because I’ve been told my place is somewhere else. I know it isn’t a quick trip from one to the other and there will be other stops along the way, but my destiny is before me.

Come on and go with me!!!