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By Ellen Janson
04/26/23
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Carrie’s son, Benjamin, had left for Beijing, China one week ago. The trip was through his university’s business school and had been in the making for almost a year. Carrie’s husband and her husband had encouraged this trip; even paying for part of it as Benjamin’s Christmas gift. He was to be gone for seven weeks.

But that was before the recent tension between the United States and China had begun. The US was in “trade wars” with China, and the fragile, even somewhat combative, relationship was all over the news.
“They wouldn’t be going if it wasn’t safe,” her husband tried to reassure her. His statement did little to ease her anxiety.

One week into the trip, Carrie lashed out when her older son joked about an antiCommunist meme he had texted Benjamin. She made him promise her that he would NEVER again send any such text message.
“Jeez, mama. OK. OK. I will never again send anything, but ‘Hey, Ben, is China really as great as everyone says it is?” he said somewhat sarcastically.

Carrie put a sticky note on her bathroom mirror to remind her to pray for her second son daily; as if she needed a reminder, her husband chided. She counted down the days until Benjamin would be back on US soil, and prayed constantly.

One morning when it had been longer than normal since they had heard from Benjamin, Carrie’s Bible study had her in Deuteronomy, specifically chapter 33. Moses was giving the different blessings to the twelve tribes of Israel.
“And of Benjamin he said, the beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him: and the Lord shall cover him all the day long and he shall dwell between His shoulders.” (Deut.33:12 King James).

The words literally jumped off the page to Carrie and pierced her heart. She was sure she had read these verses before, but never had they struck her the way they did this morning. She often took refuge in God’s Word, but never before had it been so concrete, and instantaneous. Carrie wept at God’s tender kindness. Some of the Israelite tribes received wealth or peace or expanding borders, but Benjamin received protection.

Just as her Benjamin would.

This is a true story

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