Oak Grove Baptist Church

From The Heart 

From The Heart

I John 3:18 “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.”

Little Julie had not come home, and it was beginning to get dark outside. Her parents were becoming concerned and began to call the parents of the girls who were Julie’s friends. With each call, the parents were going from concerned to worried that something had happened to their little girl. As they were about to call the police to let them know of their daughter’s disappearance, in walked Julie into the house.

The parents were relieved but also deeply concerned about her being so late in coming home. As they asked why she was so late, she began to tell them her story. She had met a new friend named Mary, and they had played together that afternoon. As they were about to go home, Mary’s doll head came off and so they had spent the rest of the time trying to fix the doll. As they tried and tried Mary began to be upset and soon, she was just crying because her doll’s head would not go back on. Not knowing what else to do, Julie sat beside Mary and began to cry too. After a while they both stopped crying and each made their way to their homes.

Sometimes we cannot fix the situation of a friend, and the words do not come to try to comfort the person in their difficult moment. Sometimes the best solution is to sit with them and cry with them.

Bro. Kyle