Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

As I think back to when my kids were little, I remember times when I would leave them with a babysitter so I could attend an event.  I remember that, at some point in their development over those early years, each one of my kids experienced a form of separation anxiety.  They would cry big crocodile tears as I would leave, and I in turn would feel terrible that I was leaving them.  The truth of the matter is they stopped crying shortly after I left, and they were happy and content the rest of the time I was gone.  I am sure most of you who are parents have had this same experience with your children.  Separation anxiety is a normal part of development.  Sigmund Freud once said such “anxiety in children is originally nothing other than the expression of the fact they are feeling the loss of the person they love.”  I am also sure that most of you have some memory of what it was like to be the one who is left, and you probably have felt the anxiety that accompanies such an experience.  Some may remember feeling