“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.” (Psalms 27:10 KJV)
Yes, I am an orphan. Some are orphaned because their parents gave them up at their birth. Others are orphaned because they have been deserted by parents later in life. And there are those who orphan themselves by their rebellion, going out from the direction and fellowship of their parents. I am orphaned because my parents are both with the Lord now.
My father passed away one day shy of his sixty-sixth birthday having suffered for a half dozen years with several amputations from his right leg. He finally succumb to three heart attacks and three strokes. Dad was raise a farm boy in central Ohio and was a veteran of World War II, having served as a SeaBee in the South Pacific. He came to know Christ as his Saviour after the war, met and married my mother and together they had two living sons. There was another son who was miscarried. I look forward to seeing him someday in Glory.
Mother left us to be with Jesus just five weeks before her eightieth birthday. She was a Kentucky born and bred belle. She loved the Lord and did her best to instill that love in my brother and I as we were growing up.
They both have been gone for years now, but I still miss them. I wish I could hug their neck and kiss their face and tell them I love them. But I will have to wait until it is my time to see them again. Until then, the LORD will take me up.
There may be some orphan out there reading these words wondering whether there is anyone caring for them. Let me assure you that God wants to be your Father and He will take you up.
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