I play Words with Friends to give me a bit of a challenge each day. It is a harmless past time and I try not to play it too much. Recently I noticed that one of my competitors had changed her picture from her face to that of a little boy who appeared to be missing. I asked her to tell me the story behind the change and she said a child was missing. She also gave me a facebook address to check out the story about the child.

The child’s name was Noah Thomas and he was an adorable five year old boy who lived in Virginia. He had slipped out of his home while his mother was taking a nap on Sunday morning. She had thought that he would stay inside and continue to watch cartoons. Apparently he didn’t do as she expected. I immediately started praying for the little tyke when I read his story. The prayers started a couple of days after he had been missing.

It took until this afternoon to discover that he had fallen into a septic tank and died. What a horrible nightmare that must be to lose a young child. What an even greater nightmare to think you may have done something different and that child may still be alive.

Am I implying that it was the mother’s responsibility to stay awake at all times while her child was awake? No, I am suggesting that those people who have septic tanks secure them, so that little ones do not fall to their death in them. This is not the first child who has died this way but it can be the last.

I am sure that Noah’s parents never envisioned this happening or they would have made sure that their septic tank was secured. Please keep this dear family in your prayers.