Article April 2, 1977 Issue

God Is in Charge

DOROTHEA T. LEAMY

One day at the beach I observed a small boy building a fort. Noticing the tide coming in close, he said to his mother, "Do you think God will let the waves come in and ruin my fort?"

His mother smiled, knowing the inevitability of an incoming tide. But again he questioned her, "Is God in charge of everything?"

This time she hesitated not a moment. "Yes," she told him, "God is in charge of everything." And he was satisfied.

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