REMEMBER JESUS
The theologian, Nels Ferre, died a few years ago. Until age thirteen Nels lived with his poor family in Norway. They could not afford to educate their children. An aunt and uncle in the United States were childless. They wrote to Nels’ parents and offered to raise him as their own and give him a good education. The parents accepted. It was a wrenching experience for a boy of thirteen to be taken from his land and family, perhaps never to see them again, and to go to a new country with virtual strangers. Nels was close to his mother and he longed for a word from her that would sustain him. Through the day before he was to catch the ship his mother was silent. Through supper he yearned for a word… but there was silence. After supper, the same. Nels went to bed and cried himself to sleep. The next morning at breakfast still no word. On the way to…
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