Yound, Old or Lost?

~~~Deuteronomy 31:1-8~~Dt 32:3-4ab, 7, 8, 9 and 12~~Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14~~~

 

No matter how small or insignificant one may appear

God sees differently.

A little child...one lost sheep...

even elderly Moses at one hundred and twenty years old,

mobility impaired God does not discard those he loves..

 

Be brave and steadfast;
...for it is the LORD, your God, who marches with you;
he will never fail you or forsake you.

 

Before God we are transparent

we cannot hide either our frailties or our talents.

 

God loves all of who we are; at every stage of our life.

 

Becoming like a child does not mean

that we can have a typical two year old temper tantrum,

but if it happens God will be there patiently waiting for it to subside.

 

 He cares if we become separated from him pursuing our own selfish path,

like the lost sheep.

The lost sheep looked up from his grazing to find the others gone.

He now realizes he is all alone and begins to bleat

in his misery.

 

God takes care of us whether we are young, old or lost.

He wants us to stay with him.

He wants us to look up to him as father, as shepherd,

even as the loving care giver.

He truly is our all in all. 

 

 God fills us with the necessary grace to be brave and steadfast. 

He encourages us to march on; for he is at our side.

 

I have seen little children love with such a pure heart

that adults must respond in kind. 

 I seen elderly with more compassion than seems reasonable.

I have seen the lost crying out through their darkness for help.

 

It is the LORD who marches before you;
he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you.

 

There is goodness within each of us;

let it rise to the surface so as

 to see the more clearly the one who marches before you. 

 

Blessings in being

like a child holding the hand of the Lord.