Matthew 23:37 says, - how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings… NIV
You know you can rent anything today, cars, houses, tools, plants, videos, babysitters and according to a report by Teresa Wantanbe in the Seattle Times on Wednesday May 13th 2009 you can ‘Rent-A-Family’
A couple and their 2-year-old son greet the wife's 70-year-old mother at the train station and escort her back to their home for an afternoon of Japanese noodles and warm conversation. Grandson kisses grandma and daughter holds her hand as they talk about all living together someday. Grandma's emotions may be real. But her "family" isn't.
They are professional stand-ins, hired by the grandmother at a cost of $1,125 so she could experience the warmth of even a simulated three-hour family visit. The woman's real daughter, a 37-year-old working mother of two, is too busy to see her mother regularly.
Something is wrong with the human family, you might be suffering in isolation but you’re not alone. God can bring surprise endings into our lives. We may be runaways, with our back turned away from God, but He loves us despite our mistakes, we are His family, His children, and He’s in search of each one of us.
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