Are You Seeking Rest?

 •  2 min. read  •  grade level: 4
Listen from:
Matthew 11:28; John 13:23; Mark 10:16
A lady in Wales told me this little story: An English friend of hers, a mother, had a child that was sick. At first they considered there was no danger, until one day the doctor came in and said that the symptoms were very unfavorable. He took the mother out of the room, and told her that the child could not live. It came like a thunderbolt. After the doctor had gone the mother went into the room where the child lay and began to talk to the child, and tried to divert its mind.
“Darling, do you know you will soon hear the music of heaven? You will hear a sweeter song than you have ever heard on earth. You will hear them sing the song of Moses and the Lamb. You are very fond of music. Won’t it be sweet, darling?”
And the little tired, sick child turned its head away, and said, “Oh, mamma, I am so tired and so sick that I think it would make me worse to hear all that music.”
“Well,” the mother said, “you will soon see Jesus. You will see the seraphim and cherubim and the streets all paved with gold”; and she went on picturing heaven, as it is described in Revelation.
The little tired child again turned its head away, and said, “Oh, mamma, I am so tired that I think it would make me worse to see all those beautiful things!”
At last the mother took the child up in her arms, and pressed her to her loving heart. And the little sick one whispered:
“Oh, mamma, that is what I want. If Jesus will only take me in His arms and let me rest!”
Dear friend, are you not tired and weary of sin? Are you not weary of the turmoil of life? You can find rest on the bosom of the Son of God.