Did we lose God?

It’s been a pretty heady week in the Family Life Blog, so let’s close it out on a light note. Did you ever feel that God has gotten lost in your family? Let this little story remind you that He is not nearly so easy to misplace as we think He is.

In a certain suburban neighborhood, there were two brothers, 8 and 10 years old, who were exceedingly mischievous. Whatever went wrong in the neighborhood, it turned out they had had a hand in it. Their parents were at their wits' end trying to control them. Finally they went to their pastor to see if he could help the boys. He agreed, but said he wanted to see the younger boy first, and without the older boy. So the mother brought him to the pastor’s office and sat outside while the boy went in. The pastor stared at the boy from across a huge, impressive desk. For about five minutes they just sat and stared at each other. Finally, the pastor pointed his forefinger at the boy and asked, "Where is God?” The boy looked at the pastor, but said nothing. Again, louder, the pastor pointed at the boy and asked, "Where is God?” The boy looked all around but said nothing. A third time, in a louder, firmer voice, the pastor leaned far across the desk and put his forefinger almost to the boy's nose, and asked, "Where is God?” The boy panicked and ran out of the room and past his mother all the way home. Finding his older brother, he dragged him upstairs to their room and into the closet, where they usually plotted their mischief. He finally said, "We are in BIIIIG trouble.” The older boy asked, "What do you mean BIIIIG trouble?” His brother replied, "God is missing and they think we did it."