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| F.R.O.G. - Fully Rely On God |
It was
Sunday school promotion day at church. This is the time when the students move
on to the next class level after reaching the maximum age for their current
class. The students are called to the front of the church one at a time and
their teacher says a few words of encouragement and introduces them to their
next teacher.
The students
receive a “goodie bag” stuffed with small biblical related trinkets. The bag
they received this year contained a book mark, a pencil, a card with words of
encouragement and a friendship bracelet with the acronym F.R.O.G. on one side
of the bracelet. On the other side was the engraved explanation – Fully Rely On
God.
Those four
little words on a bracelet carried a strong message. I began to wonder, were those words meant for me? Although
I was one of the teachers handing out the bags, I did not see the contents
until the morning of the promotion. I looked at the bracelet again, F.R.O.G.
Have I lived by this phrase?
There have
been plenty of moments along my parenting journey where I needed to initiate
operation F.R.O.G. A number of years ago while going through a though a financial
struggle, I remember my son calling me at work in a panic.
“Ma they
turned the power off.”
“Ok, I
replied when did it go off?”
“It just
happened, and I was in the middle of my video game, couldn’t they have waited
10 minutes?”
I couldn’t
help but to laugh as I choked back a tear. He didn’t know that we owed $1200.00
to the energy company and couldn’t pay it. F.R.O.G.
The power
remained off for nine days and it was the hottest summer our area had
experienced in a long time. We made it through, but not on our own. F.R.O.G.
That day of
Sunday school promotion was a reminder to me that no matter what situations
arise, I am not alone.
Can you
think of a situation where you just felt like throwing up your hands and saying
this has got to get better? That was the time to Fully Rely On God.
