Social media is full of videos about pets, mainly dogs and cats. Some are really funny. Some show pets misbehaving and with captions that are amusing. One picture I see every year is of a dog, with a Christmas tree crashed on the floor behind him. The caption reads, “Glad you are home, the Christmas Tree fainted!”
Some of the videos are sad, often showing pets abandoned by their owners, some even mistreated. People move away and rather than surrender their pets to someone who can care for them, they just leave them in the homes or outside. By the time they are found, these animals are usually in desperate trouble.
Pets are not the only ones abandoned. Children are abandoned by their parents. Or parents by their children. Sometimes siblings leave and never contact their brothers or sisters again. Husbands abandon their wives and wives their husbands.
We can feel abandoned by our employers, our government, our school systems. Where once we stood among many, now we stand alone.
But God … BUT GOD … will never abandon us. Psalm 9:10: “Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh.” [HCSB]
The New King James says it this way, “And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.”
Psalm 9 is a celebration of God’s justice. And right in the middle of those 20 verses, the Psalmist reminds us that the LORD (YAHWEH) will never abandon or forsake those who place their trust in Him. Our God has not, will not leave, forsake, move away, abandon, or walk away from us.
Jesus confirmed that. “And remember, I am with you always to the end of the age.” [Matthew 28:20 HCSB]
Thank you, LORD. Today we focus our praise for never abandoning us. Thank you that we never have to face life alone. Amen
