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It is a wonderful thing to see a small child running to someone they trust, looking forward to being picked up and carried. The moment the child allows their feet to leave the ground they completely surrender their safety and security to the one who is holding them.

Taking our feet off the ground is a risky thing to do, but the child doesn’t think about that. The child has no difficulty in taking their feet off the ground because experience has taught them that they are safe when that person is holding them.  As we get older it becomes more difficult to trust others, but Jesus reminds us that he wants us to be like small children. Even small children don’t trust someone they have only just met. We get to know a person slowly. We learn that we can trust them a bit, so we trust them a bit more. This is how we come to know that we can trust our heavenly Father.  We learn that we can trust him a bit, so we trust him a bit more.  The more we trust him the more confident we become that we can trust him more.

Taking our feet off the ground is also a risky thing to do because we are no longer in control of where we are going.  We trust the one who is holding us, who knows where we are going and will carry us safely.

My favorite image of our Father is found in Isaiah 40:11

“He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart.”

Our Father picks us up and carries us in his arms, close to his heart. We can trust him completely and he wants us to trust him completely.

May our loving, heavenly Father bless us, keep us safe, and teach us to trust him.

Jesus is Lord.

Peter O

 

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