Letting Go, Living Free!

Book excerpt: The story is told of a family that adopted a little boy from a far-away country. He had been raised in an atheist home. One night, his father, in rage and desperation, had killed his mother and siblings right before his eyes. He then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. The adopting family were Christians and wanted to be very careful about taking the little boy to church. They took him to a children’s class and, as they dropped him off with the teacher, they explained that he had no previous education about God. They asked the teacher to be careful not to embarrass him. In kindness, the teacher decided to talk about Jesus using pictures to help the children understand. As she held up the drawing of Jesus, she asked the class the question, “Who knows who this is?” The little boy, in broken English raised his hand and blurted out, “I know Him. He’s the man that was holding me when my father killed my family!”