Newness and Trust

Nothing makes you see things from a fresh perspective like a baby...everything is new and fresh to them...everything. As I chat with Grace about her surroundings and what she's thinking I can't imagine what it must be like for her as she listens to my words...watches my mouth move...and has no clue what I'm saying...or even who I am! :) Absolutely everything about her world (and herself) is new to her, including me (and daddy...and well, everyone else, too). I'm that lady who shows up whenever she cries or laughs...or when something smells stinky... :) And I think that somewhere pretty quickly amidst all the newness, she has come to trust me. Amazing. Now, she hasn't had any experience to my knowledge of lending her trust to someone who's abused it, but still, that is a precious thing...she trusts ME. What an incredible gift from God to be able to be someone she looks to and knows she can count on in the middle of a world where almost everything is uncertain and new.

I pray that I would look to Jesus with the same trust that she has when she looks at me, depending on me for absolutely everything that she needs. How deeply do I, an imperfect, sinful, selfish person, want to love her and meet each of her needs...and He is far more worthy of my trust and capable of meeting my needs than I am of Grace's.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him. ~Matthew 7.11

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 4.19

'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

by Louisa M. R. Stead

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know "Thus saith the Lord"

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I've proved Himo'er and o'er!
jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more!

O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
Just in simple faith to plunge me
"Neath the healing, cleansing flood!

Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.

I'm so glad I learned to trust Him,
Precious Jesus, saviour, friend;
And I know that He is with me,
Will be with me to the end.