Have you heard the cry of the child who is
left by his mother?
Have you sensed his grief and anguish for
feeling alone and abandoned?
This anguish is not the child’s alone.
There
is anguish in every heart…
When
things go out of control
When
strength is drained by busyness
When
the puzzle can’t be solved perfectly
When
pressure overwhelms
When
discontent and disappointments breed
When
life demands too much
When everything doesn’t fall into place
When vanishing is the best thing that could happen
When negativity wins
When order and success lose
There is a cry in every heart, probably even louder than the child’s, when its object of security leaves it or has never even found it.
And the reason for the
anguish is on every “when…” written or
still not written above.
What is mother to
a heart that would halt and even remove its anguish?
What is mother to
the heart of David when he said:
“But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned child with its mother;
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.”
(Psalm 131: 2, ESV)
In another
version, he says:
“As a child lies quietly in its mother’s arms
So my heart is quiet within me.”
(Psalm 131: 2b, TEV)
He proclaimed the
answer to Israel. He declared it to the world.
(Psalm 131:3 ESV)
Mother to hearts which like a child is weaned, mother
to hearts which are calmed and quieted
is HOPE IN THE
LORD.
Where does your hope lie?
Hope in your limited, feeble self and put more weight
on your anguish.
Hope in the limitless possibilities, might and wisdom
of your God and remain a weaned child.
Again, like David, declare in every “when…” of life:
“…I have calmed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned child with its mother;
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.”
