Daily Devotional The Mother Heart of God Sunday, May 11th, 2014 Read Psalm 131:1-3 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you. - Isaiah 66:13 (NIV) “Mommy!” My daughter’s middle-of-the-night whimper drags me from my cocoon of sleep. She is up yet again with a flu bug that won’t leave her alone, even at two in the morning. Her cries awaken compassion in my sleepy heart, and I use my gentlest touch and my softest voice to make her comfortable again. I pull the comforter up, smoothing her hair with my hand. “Go to sleep now,” I whisper. “Everything’s all right.” She sighs contentedly and closes her eyes. Back in my own bed, I remember a phrase: the mother heart of God. I have heard the phrase before, but tonight I understand it in a new way. It means I am not alone. I feel alone sometimes. When I am the one with the flu or when I wake up in the dark after a bad dream, I long for my mom’s presence and help. I still need her, even though I am 35 and have been gone from her house for many years. I think I will always need her special love and protection. It comforts me to think that, although my earthly mother is not at my bedside tonight, God listens for my cry. With the heart of a mother, God whispers, “Go back to sleep now. Everything’s all right. I’m here.” The Author Sara Matson (Minnesota, USA) Thought for the Day God tends to us as a mother tends to her child. Prayer Help us to depend on you, dear God, as children depend on their mother. Amen. Prayer focus: Mothers The Daily Reflections from Upper Room Ministries invite you to spend some time with God in reading, prayer, and meditation. Each reflection is based on an excerpt from an Upper Room book or magazine. Visit daily.upperroom.org/ and subscribe for free to receive reflections each day in your inbox.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 14:18:13 +0000
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