A loud sob jolts the house from it’s sleep.
The middle of the night doesn’t stop a little boys cries.
I go to his bedside. His eyes closed, I whisper “It’s ok sweetie. I’m right here.”
He grasps my arm. Recognizing my skin, his grip loosens as he lays back down. The cries from a dream subside, never opening his eyes, never letting go completely of his grasp.
I lay beside him for a bit. Comforting. Reassuring.
And God reminds me of this child-like faith I’m called to.
To cry out to him. When I’m scared. When I’m confused. When bad things come into my mind. Grasp his arm. Don’t let go.
Wait for his soothing voice to comfort me. To remind me I’m in his care.
Don’t grasp the things that moths and rust will destroy.
They will not satisfy.
Grasp Him. Grasp his words of comfort in Scripture. Grasp the relationships- the precious souls I’ll spend eternity with.
In minutes he is sound asleep.
May my own rest in my Abba, Father come as quickly.
stop.
Participating in Lisa Jo’s 5 Minute Friday. Write for five minutes- no over thinking, no backtracking. Link back. Encourage the person whose link is before yours.
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Prompt today: Grasp.
our childlike faith in the simple things prepares us for bigger challenges! I love your imagery–I feel like I’m in the room . . .
Be Blessed.
Thank you Renee! May you have a blessed weekend as well.
So lovely. Your words are beautiful. God rushes with us to their bedsides late at night, and it is in those unsuspecting moments we hear him most clearly. I love that. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Thank you Jen! I’m glad you stopped by!
Very nice post.
Thanks Denise- Happy weekend!
My heart raced as though it were my own child calling out in the night. Oh those bad dreams. And our own bad dreams and need for Abba. Thank you.
It is amazing how our childs cry can wake us right up! Thank you for stopping by!
Oh yes, that child-like faith! It is what my heart longs for. Beautiful 5 minute post!
Thank you Jamie, glad you stopped by! Happy weekend.
Thank you so much for this thought. I love the tenderness here and the reminder to grasp onto God tightly and other things lightly. Thank you 🙂
Tanya, thank you. I need to keep remembering what to grasp lightly.
I so want that child-like faith. It’s sad how it disappears over the years unless we are so intentional about hanging on to it. Blessings from 5MF.
Alene, yes, I often think that with my son…where do we get away from that child like faith. Thanks for stopping by.
“Grasp the relationships- the precious souls I’ll spend eternity with”
Hit me like a ton of bricks as my Momma would say…..
I often don’t think of my relationships in those terms, was interesting to write it.
Happy weekend to you!
I wish that to be my first instinct always. I love the imagery of this. Thank you.
Me too. Thanks for stopping by Amy.
Oh my heart…
I often think I have so much to learn about child-like faith…but really, I have much to let go of.
this was beautiful, Melanie. It will stay with me and I’m sure to think of it when I find myself in the same position…praying it’s when I need it, too.
Hugs to you and thanks for chatting last night! #FMFparty 😉
Nikki- there is a lot of letting go and holding on in this life of faith isn’t there!
Thanks for your encouragement, and i loved chatting last night.
happy weekend!
Beautiful, beautiful post, my friend! As always, your heart is transparent and translates well off the page. Love your words dearly.
Allume is just a few short days away…
Thank you friend! For never having met, you have been such an encourager to me since I started this blogging. Thank you for that. and we will meet soon!
One of my favorite things is how God uses children to teach us more about Him. Thanks for sharing!
Ahh, yes He does. Learning a lot about Him, and myself.
Happy weekend, thank you for stopping by.
It’s amazing how God uses our children to teach us so many lessons!
Michelle
http://normalchaosforamultitaskmom.blogspot.com/2012/09/trying-to-grasp-gods-love.html
He sure does! Takes me a while to learn a lot of them.
thanks for stopping by Michelle!
Wow Melanie, This is awesome. And what a great warning: “Don’t grasp the things that moths and rust will destroy. They will not satisfy.” So wise!
Side note, is that Allume button a new addition? WOOHOO! Can’t wait to see you inRL 🙂
Thank you Diana! God sure does speak through parenting.
And yes, I recently was moved off of the waiting list! So excited to be attending, look forward to meeting you (I just recently learned what inRL means 🙂 )
Dear Melanie
Isn’t it wonderful what we can learn from children! One thing my chronic disease taught me is to grasp, really grasp our Pappa’s Hand, to crawl onto His lap and to stay there. I am grateful that He did not left a stone unturned to teach me what a Father He is. I am sorry that it took me such a long time to learn, but He is so patient and gentle.Blessings.
It’s incredible to understand Him in that way, isn’t it Mia? To take into our hearts a loving and intimate name for Him that reflects the tenderness of the relationship.
Melanie, this is lovely.
Amy- Thanks for your encouragement!
Mia- yes I’m continually learning through him! Oh, I imagine you have learned so much about grasping. And you have such grace and gentleness in you.