{"id":4186,"date":"2024-11-14T08:58:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/js1cd06kre.onrocket.site\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:00:42","slug":"someone-to-watch-over-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/14\/someone-to-watch-over-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone to Watch Over Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, <\/em>click here<\/a>

When author and sociologist Tony Campolo was little, walking to school by himself was not a wise option.

Who knew what might happen to a young boy?

Tony\u2019s mother paid a neighbor girl, Harriet, five cents a day to make sure he arrived and returned safely.

This wounded his pride.

Why should a chunk of the Campolo net worth go to an outsider when he could take care of himself perfectly well?

Tony\u2019s mom was not a pushover. 

It took weeks of pleading before she finally released Harriet from her job. She made Tony promise to be exceedingly careful. He could have the nickel \u2013 as long as he put it into a bank account to buy Christmas presents for his sisters.

Tony never got into trouble, and hundreds of nickels stayed on the Campolo household asset sheet.

Years later, Tony still felt great about how things had turned out.

At a family gathering, long after his mother was gone, he boasted to his sisters that walking to school by himself was evidence of his independent spirit. 

And it had definitely yielded superior presents for the two of them at Christmas. 

They laughed out loud.

\u201cDid you really think,\u201d they asked, \u201cthat you went to school alone and came home alone? Every day when you left the house, Mom followed you. And when you came out of the school at the end of the day, she was there. She always made sure you didn\u2019t notice her. But she was watching over you, just to make sure you were safe.\u201d

Then they asked, \u201cDidn\u2019t you think it was strange that when you got home it took a minute for Mom to answer your knock at the front door? That\u2019s because she first had to run around to the back door.\u201d

All those years, Tony had had the distinct impression he was taking care of himself.

But someone who treasured him was watching over him the whole time.

You may have the distinct impression that you\u2019re bravely making your way through the world all alone \u2013 failing, succeeding, hurting, and hoping.

But God has provided mothers and fathers and teachers and mentors and friends and neighbors and colleagues to accomplish what he himself has been doing all along:

\u201cThe LORD watches over you\u2014 the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm\u2013 he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore<\/em>\u201d (Psalm 121:5-8).

Thanksgiving is still two weeks away.

But today, and every day, is a great day to give thanks to God for the one-of-a-kind way he watches over every aspect of your life.

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When author and sociologist Tony Campolo was little, walking to school by himself was not a wise option. Who knew what might happen to a young boy? Tony\u2019s mother paid a neighbor girl, Harriet, five cents a day to make sure he arrived and returned safely. This wounded his pride. Why… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[265],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gods-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4190,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions\/4190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennsreflections.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}