Lorena was tired. She was less than two years old, and she did not like to walk very far. It seemed to her that she had already walked a long way, so she stopped and just held up her arms to her mommy.
Do you think her mommy said, “No, Lorena, I don’t care if you are tired. I want you to walk all the way home by yourself”?
No. Her mommy picked her up, gave her a kiss and carried her home, even though she was tired too.
How many times do you get tired of things every day? Maybe your friends aren’t treating you very nicely and that makes you sad. Or maybe you have been naughty and wish you were always good. Or maybe your special pet or a special friend has died, or even worse, your mommy or daddy. So you are worse than tired; you are heartbroken.
Is there anyone who cares about how you feel when you are tired or sad or heartbroken? Maybe you can’t even seem to tell anyone how you feel. Yes, God our Father cares. He loves you and He has promised to carry you, just like Lorena’s mommy carried her when she was tired. Listen to this beautiful verse: “Even to your old age I am He; and even to [gray] hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isaiah 46:4).
When we feel too tired, too sad or too heartbroken to go on anymore, we can lift up the arms of our hearts to God our Father and He will carry us. Lorena lifted up her arms to her mommy, and she was carried all the way home. We’ll find out that He is carrying us, just as He has always carried us from the moment we were born. And He will carry us all the way home.
Are you trusting and leaning on our loving God and Father?
ML-03/20/2011