{"id":39323,"date":"2026-02-18T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39323"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:16:16","slug":"260219-hurting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260219-hurting\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Heart for Hurting Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260219.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260219-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jairus heard two voices and had to choose which one to heed. The first, from the servants in Luke 8:49, \u201cYour daughter is dead.\u201d \u00a0The second, from Jesus in verse 50, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We need to know what Jesus will do when we entrust our kids to him. In the case of the story of Jairus, Jesus united the household (vs. 51). \u00a0\u201c\u2026he let only Peter, John, James, and the girl\u2019s father and mother go inside with him.\u201d \u00a0Next, he banished unbelief, the scoffers. \u201cHe put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, \u2018Little girl, arise\u201d (vs. 54 NKJV).<\/p>\n<p>God has a heart for hurting parents.\u00a0 After all, God himself is a father. Keep giving your child to God, and in the right time and the right way, God will give your child back to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=ed9d33b78d&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3Ded9d33b78d%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770856680744000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JJZWU9Zyf54k7XSWVRNHN\"><em>Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jairus heard two voices and had to choose which one to heed. The first, from the servants in Luke 8:49, \u201cYour daughter is dead.\u201d  The second, from Jesus in verse 50, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We need to know what Jesus will do when we entrust our kids to him. In the case of the story of Jairus, Jesus united the household (vs. 51).  \u201c\u2026he let only Peter, John, James, and the girl\u2019s father and mother go inside with him.\u201d  Next, he banished unbelief, the scoffers. \u201cHe put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, \u2018Little girl, arise\u201d (vs. 54 NKJV).<\/p>\n<p>God has a heart for hurting parents.  After all, God himself is a father. Keep giving your child to God, and in the right time and the right way, God will give your child back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39325,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39323\/revisions\/39325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}