This week has been an exciting week for my family. My son-in-law, Daniel, a US Army Sergeant returned from deployment in Afghanistan. His unit came in on Wednesday morning and my daughter, Rachel, and grandson, Cohen, attended a wonderful homecoming celebration.
We had all been a little concerned about how Cohen would respond. He was only 16 months old when Daniel left in March, so Rachel was worried that Cohen might not remember or might react out of shyness or fear because of the length of time since he had seen his daddy. Rachel diligently spent the last six months showing Cohen pictures of Daniel, talking about Daddy and when he would come home, and on occasion, they even got to Skype so Cohen could see Daniel.
Still, with an almost-two-year-old, you never really know what you are gonna get.
We shouldn't have been worried at all...
As soon as Cohen got to Daniel, he grabbed his daddy around the neck and held on for dear life! It was a two-year-old's death grip!
Today's reading takes us to Acts 20 where Paul is known for preaching a sermon that
I loved the writer's description of Paul throwing himself on the young man and putting his arms around him. Kinda reminded me of my sweet grandson and his precious daddy!
Paul was so concerned for this young man that he bodily threw himself at Eutychus, wrapped his arms around him, and saved him. Isn't that what we need to do for each other? Whether it is someone we've met who doesn't know Jesus...or one of our own brothers and sisters who have walked off the path into sin, shouldn't we run after them? Shouldn't we tackle them if necessary? Shouldn't we do the Cohen-death-grip around their neck? Shouldn't we help them come back to LIFE?
How wonderful to be able to say, "Don't be alarmed! He's alive!"
- Holly Barrett
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