True story. Probably countless times thru the span of history.

A young lady graduated high school and was bound for the college of her choice. Scholarships and loans were in place. Her Mom and Dad had done their best to prepare her for this huge step - living on her own for the first time ever. Great grades, kept her involved in church, and their home life was intact and thriving.

But some problems surfaced after she arrived on the enormous campus. She found herself alone in a huge crowd of strangers. Not a tremendously outgoing personality, finding her place was a struggle from the beginning. Plus, undiscussed anxiety and trepidation about being totally responsible for her life decisions added to her stress level.

Soon, the inevitable happened. An older experienced crowd accepted her and began showing her the ropes. But that acceptance in itself caused even greater problems. She had been reared to obey God’s laws, and to respect herself. And that crowd pulled her away from what she knew as Truth. Guilt and misery replaced loneliness, and she spiraled downward even farther.

After a few months she went home to visit her family and it all came spilling out. The pain of loneliness, the fear of doing life on her own, the guilt in her present relationships. Dad and Mom heard it all. They wept with their daughter, and assured her that she could begin again, in God’s eyes, their eyes and in her own.