Faith/Patience/Second Coming A FATHER’S PROMISE A young boy had just a day before lost his mother in a car accident and today his father, in an effort to deal with his own pain, told his son that he was going to put him in a boys’ home. He reassured his son that it was only for a while. As the little boy and his father stood just inside the doors of the state boys’ home, his father said to him: “I must leave you for a while, but I want you to remember that I love you. I know that you will be lonely, scared, and feel like giving up on me.” As the little boy’s father looked into his son’s tear-filled eyes he said, “I want you to know that one day I will come back and take you home, I promise.” After giving his son a hug, he turned and walked out of the two black doors that closed behind him with a…
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