Linda and Hedley were playful and loving. Fiona and our daughter, Joy, were in the same kindergarten class at LвЂ™Ecole Maternelle.ДЄt least once a week, the Dents would invite Joy for teatime. They had two young children, Fiona (4) and John Mark (2). More than twenty years ago, we met our Welsh friends, Linda and Hedley Dent, in a French Language School, Les Cedres, in a suburb of Paris. Yes, вЂњEvery day has enough trouble of its own.вЂќ What does it mean to be in GodвЂ™s pocket? Life has countless concerns: sick children, adolescents who struggle in school, job loss, broken appliances and broken relationships, financial agony, accidents and natural catastrophes, rejection, disillusionment, grim illness, misunderstandings, uncertainty about the future, loneliness and grief. вЂњEvery day has enough trouble of its own.вЂќ(Matthew 6:34 NIV) Even before we pry open our eyes, yawn ourselves awake or rummage for comfy slippers, the dayвЂ™s troubles are patiently waiting and whistling on our doorsteps.

Even if I could, it would be wrong for me to inject myself into their lives as their savior from all suffering. My temptation as a mother and grandmother is to save my children from pain, sadness, sickness, struggle, financial challenges. Should we try and save our children and grandchildren from all their problems? This prayer for children and grandchildren going through difficulties asks God to вЂњkeep them in His pocketвЂќ so they can learn to trust Him no matter what happens in their lives.

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