19 MARCH

YOU ARE NOT TOO HEAVY FOR GOD

“I have cared for you from the time you were born. I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is grey. I made you and will care for you; I will give you help and rescue you.” (Isaiah 46:3–4, GNT)

This is a message and Word of comfort from the Lord for His children who are passing through hard, challenging and perilous times. The story below, of a mother’s sacrificial love, was reported in the Taipei Times of May 11, 2002:

“In 1972 a two–year–old Chinese boy, Hu Jen–chuan, fell from a table and went into a coma. When he woke up after six days, he was not able to talk or move. Like any parent, his mother, was in terrible distress. Her distress was multiplied by the fact that she could not afford to place him in a nursing home. Instead she has to care for him herself, and her care has shown the unfathomable depth of her mother–love. You see, because he is unable to move, Hu Jen–chuan is liable to get terrible bed–sores. So for the past thirty years his mother has done the unbelievable–she has carried her son on her back.

“As of May 2002 Liu Kuei–lan was 65 years old and weighed 40 kilograms. Her son, now a grown man, weighed 82kg. On many occasions Liu has fallen and fractured bones while carrying her son. Yet she continues to carry him. When asked how she can do it, her reply is simple: ‘He ain’t heavy, he’s my son.’”

If a mother can love so much, how much more our Creator! God says: You ain’t heavy, you are my child! At our most difficult times, He carries us! “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you” (Isaiah 49:15).

ACTION: Be a channel of love to others, just as God cares for you.

PRAYER: Thank you, Lord, for the boundless love you have for me. Help me to be more practical and sacrificial in my love to others too.