Need Comfort?

As a mother comforts her child,
    so I’ll comfort you.

Isaiah 66:13 

 

Let's see.....there was that time when I got my tonsils out; there was that time I had to get stitches in my face; there was that time I face planted on the driveway; there was that time I broke my collar bone falling down the stairs at Dad's office; there was that time when I got my wisdom teeth out; there was that time when I had a fever; there was that time when I had a REALLY bad reaction to Penicillin; there were so many times when I needed to be comforted.  Okay, reading back through that list, many of them were the result of my own clumsiness, but I still needed comforting.  And Mom was right there to comfort me.

 

When my own daughter was an infant, there were times she would cry and I'd go pick her up and try to comfort her, but nothing would work except her Mom.  There's something about the way Mom's are able to make everything better.

 

How many times have we run to God with our worries? How many times have we run to God when we have messed up?  How many times have we run to God when our hearts are breaking? How many times have we run to God when we were afraid?  And God is always right there to comfort us just as a mother comforts her child.  "The peace which surpasses ALL understanding" (Philippians 4:7) warms our hearts and soothes our fears.