A Fall Adventure
Kaylyn went for a walk with a friend. They like walking in wooded areas in parks or
on the streets. It seems dreary to others, but they enjoy the dampness.
But Kaylyn and her friend forgot that it gets dark latter
now. The sun sets sooner every day. Now it is dark, and they are 30 minutes from
home. The wind was starting to blow
stronger and you could just tell it was going to rain hard. Things are not so
fun anymore.
Then it happens. A
stranger drives up and offers them a ride.
The driver looks like a mother and the passenger her husband. While talking to them Kaylyn finds out that
the passenger is a brother of the driver and that they both like certain
websites on this Fall season. Kaylyn
lets her guard down and tries to talk her friend to take the ride home.
Her friend is not so confident with these people. She does not know them except from what they
said about themselves. This is not reliable.
She starts to walk off, urging Kaylyn
to come along.
Kaylyn is reluctant to take that dark walk home, but she
goes with her friend. Kaylyn is very
careful to say thank you for the ride, but they need to stay on the path their
parents know them to be on. Just then, Kaylyn's mom stops to pick them up and take them home in her car.
The next day in the news there was an Amber Alert story
about a boy and a girl that was out in the same neighborhood walking a dog. The
two kids had been walking and never reached home. Teams of people were our searching for
them. Kaylyn then told her parents about
the people that stopped to give them a ride.
Her parents called the police and soon Kaylyn and her
friend were giving a description of the man and woman in the car as best they
could. Now the Amber Alert included the description
of this couple and their car.
Kaylyn felt sad that these other two kids got taken. She
felt oddly guilty. Her parent sat down
and told her she did the right thing to listen to her friend. That if they hadn’t kept walking, they would
be the ones taken. But Kaylyn felt responsible in some way. She should have said something to an adult
while she could still see the car. Run
up to a door of a nearby house, or call on her phone.
Soon her friend was done talking to the police and came and
sat next to Kaylyn. Kaylyn confessed to
her friend how she was feeling. Her
friend told her that she was glad that Kaylyn had listened to her last night.
She said they were kids, how were they to know if there would be any further consequences
that night. Kaylyn responded that they need to look beyond themselves.
Then everyone got excited.
Near the neighborhood there was a field with brush and trees. The kids where found there hidden. Both were badly beaten. The girl was messed
up bad and the boy had had his own experience. Both were bleeding, brushed, and silently crying. The ambulances where there in seconds
and now the police had further description of the two who had done this. The
dog was found dead nearby. All the adults were both happy and scared for the two kids.
It would take a long time for them to recover from this terrible experience.
At school, the police came to talk to everyone. Warning them to always be on guard; always be
aware of their surroundings and have a plan to scream and run whenever they felt
threated. The trick of course is to know if you are being threated.
After school the kids that walked home all came together
and said a prayer. “Dear Lord, we know everyone in this world do not love you
or follow your laws. Please help us look
for your guidance, receive your protection, and have the wisdom to act on your
direction. Please be with our fellow students that need healing. In Jesus Name
we pray, Amen.”
From then on all the kids walked with a spring in their
step, a watchful eye, and did not get distracted off their route without
checking in with their parents first.
This was a good thing.
The weather was mild,
the wind softly blew the leaves around, and the trees made a gentle rustling noise,
but the feeling of Fall was lost. It is
said how one decision can change your life for the better or for the good. You can’t take it back and do a ‘redo’. This
is why it is always a smart thing to allow God to have your back. What better protector could you have? Bad things happen but God always keeps you in
his loving arms when you ask Him to.
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