I Will Not Leave or Forsake You

He found the child alone and helpless with a corner of his face covered slightly in shadow. The man had never encountered a situation like this, but had always known in the situation what he should ask and do depending on the answers.

"Where are your parents?"

The child looked up at him with a blank expression on his pale face. The man could now see that the shadow had shrouded what appeared to be a large scar that crossed his left eye and disfigured his cheekbone. "I'm alone. There is nobody waiting for me," the boy almost chanted as if he had said the same thing many times before.

The gentleman looked the boy full in the face. He couldn't have been more than eight. He recalled when he was young how important stable support was and was saddened for the boy, so he made the decision quickly and without much thought besides a quick thanks to his lord and savior. He nodded his head in the boy's direction and held out his hand. "I have nobody waiting for me either. How about we from now on wait for one another?"

The boy curiously looked at the man as if he was half expecting him to change his mind; however, when the man extended his hand for as long as the boy waited there came a moment of realization that the man was not kidding. The boy did not smile, but he nodded his head in agreement and extended his hand to meet the gentleman. They returned to the gentleman's house, and the gentleman never could have expected that from that day on how his life would change.