2 Timothy 4:11
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March 3, 2010
“Only Luke is With Me”
2 Timothy 4:11
EARS TO HEAR is the radio ministry of FAMILIES. BY GOD. For EARS TO HEAR, here’s Tim Glisson.
Only Luke is with me.
Paul’s memorable lament from his second letter to Timothy speaks volumes in its brevity. He was alone, and he felt it.
While for most of Paul’s ministry he traveled with great groups, because of persecution at the hands of Nero, Paul’s friends, facing prison or execution, scattered.
Paul was alone, and you could hear it in his words. He needed his friends around, he needed the strength you find in numbers, and he needed it now. He begged Timothy to come to him quickly; he even asked him to bring Mark, whom Paul had shunned years prior at Antioch.
Alone. Desperate. That’s how Paul felt. And that’s how thousands of kids in the child welfare system feel every day. Day after day. Week after week. Year after year. More than a half a million kids right here in the United States.
Kids begging people to pay attention, but having only dysfunction for a voice. Kids begging people for a family but having only disruption as a choice. Kids, alone and desperate with no where to turn.
What can we do? Pray of course. For friends. For parents. For a Savior
If you have EARS to HEAR God’s heart for the fatherless, please visit our website at FAMILIESBYGOD.org. For EARS TO HEAR, I’m Tim Glisson.
