I Will Not Leave You As Orphans

My mom gave me this beautiful necklace for my birthday.  She won it by making a donation to an orphanage in Ethiopia when I blogged about a couple of weeks ago!  You can click on the picture if you'd like to see the etsy shop it comes from and order one for yourself (or ask for it for your birthday...).

I LOVE it!  The verse comes from John 14:18.  It's a beautiful passage where Jesus was preparing His disciples for the time when He would not physically be with them any more.  His promise to return was fulfilled when He rose from the dead.  In Matthew 28:20, after His resurrection, He says to His people, "I am with you always, to the very end of the age."  He has not left us to battle in this world alone.  Jesus, God Himself, is WITH us.

As He made those precious promises to His followers, isn't it so dear that He spoke to us as children by saying that He wouldn't leave us as orphans?  I've seen orphans.  Our kids used to be orphans.  It's a sad and a difficult life.  But God has promised not to leave His people fatherless!  He has come to redeem and to rescue, to make us His own. 

What amazing promises we have in Christ!  And what a joy that as we adopt children into our family, we can be a picture of that!