A father and nine-year-old daughter were swimming in the ocean. While
they were separated by some distance, the tide began to go out. The father
knew he could not reach his little daughter and bring her to safety alone
with the tide running so strongly against him. His only hope of saving her
was to get help quickly.
"Float and swim quietly," he called. "Don't become excited. I'll be back to
get you." Then he hurried for a boat and help.
     By the time the boat was
brought, the little girl had been swept far out to sea by the strong tide.
It took a long time for the men in the boat to locate her. When they found
her, she was calmly floating and swimming around as her father had instructed.
     Later the newspaper reporters swarmed around the little girl, asking how
she had been able to remain so calm and to keep up so far out at sea all
alone.
     "My daddy told me that he would come back. I knew he would come,
so I wasn't afraid.  I did what he told me to do, and I was all right," the
little girl replied quietly.
     Our Heavenly Father has promised that He
will come back for us...
@Sent by Pastor Charles Kitner