He Hears His Children's Voice

I was sitting in Sunday morning adult bible class a couple weeks ago behind a new family that had recently started attending church with us. This new family has two very small children. Since it was class time, the children were in their own bible classes. As I sat behind this new mom and dad, I saw something that made me take notice. As we all sat in our pews, a distant cry was heard from behind us. Now, our congregation has been blessed with lots of new babies---(along with holy ground, I think we are built on fertile ground:).

My point is that with so many babies around, you would think it would be difficult to tell the cries apart. A cry is a cry ...right? Well, no, not at all. As I sat behind this new mom and dad--as soon as the first whimper of a cry was heard, this Dad looked at the mom raised his eyebrows and she gave a nod of agreement. The dad got up and returned with his young baby still sniffing from his latest cry. I smiled and found it fascinating that this dad and mom could discern their own baby's cry for them from among all the other cries that come from the nursery.

There is an amazing parallel there that we should not miss. Our heavenly Father hears when His children cry too. Among all the noise and chaos in the world, our cries for help come through to Him loud and clear. Recall Matthew 7:11---"If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"

Whether it's cancer, loss of job, fear of the future or other worry, we have certainty that just as we hear and take care of our own children, when we cry out to our Father, we can be certain He hears us and will comfort and give us peace if we trust and believe in Him.

God Bless!