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No need is too trivial


 


Read: Isaiah 49:13-18


 


As a father pities his children, so Lord pities those who fear Him. --Psalm
103:13


 

 

Several mothers of small children were sharing encouraging answers to
prayer.  One woman admitted that she felt selfish when she troubled God with
her personal needs.  "Compared with the huge global needs God faces," she
explained, "My circumstances must seem trivial to Him."

 

Moments later, her little son pinched his fingers in a door and ran
screaming to his mother.  She didn't say, "How selfish of you to bother me
with your throbbing fingers when I'm busy!"  No, she showed him great
compassion and tenderness.

 

As Psalm 103:13 reminds us, this is the response of love, both human and
divine.  In Isaiah 49, God said that even though a mother may forget to have
compassion on her child, the Lord never forgets His children (verse 15).
God assured His people, "I have inscribed you on the Palm's of My hand"
(verse 16).

 

Such intimacy with God belongs to those who fear Him, and who rely on Him
rather than on themselves.  As that child with the throbbing fingers ran
freely to his mother, so may we run to God with our daily problems.

 

Our compassionate God doesn't neglect others to respond to your concerns.
He has limitless time and love for each of his children.  No need is too
trivial for him.-- Joanie Yoder

 

No heart to small, no world to wide

to feel the Masters touch;

dear lord of all, we give the thanks

for thou hast sent so much.--Michael

 


thought for today: God bears the world's weight on his shoulder, and he
holds his children in the palm of his hand.


 

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