Come home before dark

We just moved to a new neighborhood, which has been a real blessing for our family.  One of the biggest blessings has been the numerous children that my kids now have to play with.  My daughter is especially excited!  

So today she asked if she could ride to a friend's house.  I allowed her to without reminding her to come home when it started getting dark.  As the sun began to set, I kept peering out the window looking for her...but she never came.  

My mommy worry got the best of me so I went out to find her and lectured her the whole way home about coming home before darkness sets in.  She didn't seem too bothered, but I certainly was!

As I thought about it more this evening,God poked me gently and said, "Isn't that what I tell you all the time?  Don't I remind you not to wander too far away, not to get lost in the darkness, to come home to me when you wander out of the light?"  And what do I often do...the same thing that Katie did...I try to convince God that I'm just fine, that I'll return before it's too late...hmmm, but do I?  Not always, but I'm certainly going to try.  

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." I John 1:5