Power for Abundant Living

Believing:Faithand Fearkindergarten was located for fear he might get runover by a car. When he was in the first grade she didthe same thing, the second grade, and the third grade.One time the boy's mother called on the minister andsaid, "I don't understand why I am so nervous andupset all the time. I have just one boy to care for; andyou have all these children and nothing ever seems tohappen to them. You live without worry." He replied,"This is how we live. My wife and I get thechildren around the breakfast table; that is the onlytime we get our whole family together. When they areall seated, I do the praying. I pray like this: 'Lord,here we are all together at breakfast. They are allgoing out to school and other places today, so I leavethem all in your protection and care. Thank you.Amen.'" He believed God would answer his prayersand he relinquished them to the Lord's protection.His children flourished.About a year later the woman's only son was cominghome from school early. Mother had not met himat the street corner. As the boy walked out into thestreet, he was hit by an automobile and killed. I wentto the funeral service of that boy, and guess what theminister preached? "God now has another rose petalin heaven." Imagine that! That the God who createdthe heavens and the earth should want to kill a littleboy because God needed another rose petal in heaven.Do you know what killed that little boy? The fear43