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SUNDAY MAY 10


NO NEED IS TOO TRIVIAL

READ:
Psalm 103:13
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As a father pities
his children, so the
LORD pities those
who fear Him.
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Several mothers of small children were sharing encouraging answers to prayer. Yet one woman said she felt selfish about troubling God with her personal needs.

Compared with the huge global needs God faces," she explained, "my circumstances must seem trivial to Him."

Moments later, her little son pinched his fingers in a door and ran screaming to his mother. She didn't say, "How selfish of you to bother me with your throbbing fingers when I'm busy!" She showed him great compassion and tenderness.

As Psalm 103:13 reminds us, this is the response of love, both human and divine. In Isaiah 49, God said that even though a mother may forget to have compassion on her child, the Lord never forgets His children (v.15). God assured His people, "I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands" (v.16).

Such intimacy with God belongs to those who fear Him and who rely on Him rather than on themselves. As that child with throbbing fingers ran freely to his mother, so may we run to God with our daily problems.

Our compassionate God doesn't neglect others to respond to our concerns. He has limitless time and love for each of His children. No need is too trivial for Him.

**You take great delight in me, Lord, and quiet me with Your love. You rejoice
over me with singing. Like a mother singing a lullaby over her child. Thank You
for Your tender love for me. _______________________________________________________
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God holds His children in the palm of His hand.

******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 49:13-18*******************************
13 Sing, O heavens! be joyful, O earth! and break out in
singing, O mountains! for the LORD has comforted His
people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, and my
Lord has forgotten me."

15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have
compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget,
yet I will not forget you. 16 See, I have inscribed you on the
palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me. 17 Your
sons shall make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you
waste shall go away from you. 18 Lift up your eyes, look around
and see; all these gather together and come to you. As I live,"
says the LORD, "You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all
as an ornament, and bind them on you as a bride does."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Isaiah has the most messianic references
of any Old Testament prophetic book, containing extraordinary
prophecies of both Christ's miraculous birth and His atoning death.
Today's reading begins a section of prophecies about the Divine
Servant, highlighted by the description of His suffering in Isaiah
53. This suffering comes to the Servant from God's own hand and
ultimately finds its fulfillment at the cross where Christ bore the
sins of the world.