Silas
Beloved of All
Your concern for your child and his anxious journey is heard and understood, and it is good to bring it to the Lord in prayer.
Jesus has shown a special care for children. He took a little child into His arms and taught that to receive such a one in His name is to receive Him, and to receive Him is to receive the Father who sent Him. He warned not to despise even one of these little ones, for their angels always behold the face of the Father in heaven. He also spoke of the simple trusting faith of a child. Your child is not overlooked. The Lord sees him, knows his worry, and cares about the details that weigh on his heart.
Scripture also gives us the picture of seeking what is lost. Jesus told of a shepherd who goes to find one lost sheep and of a woman who searches carefully for one lost coin. A coin has no use while it is lost, and a sheep is in danger while it wanders, but when what was lost is found there is rejoicing. Those stories were given to show the heart of God, that the Shepherd seeks the lost and the Spirit searches until what is lost is found, and that there is joy when it is restored. Even a small thing like a set of keys matters to God because it matters to His child, and He invites us to cast all our cares upon Him.
We also see in Scripture how God oversees a journey. When the time came for Jesus to be born, God moved circumstances so that Joseph and Mary made the long trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem, just as it had been foretold. He provided, He guided, and He watched over them on the way. In the same way He is able to be with your son on his train ride and all the way to his room.
Part of training a child in the way he should go is learning responsibility step by step, and that learning includes stumbling. As a parent patiently teaches a child to walk, expecting some falls along the way while still guarding and helping, so the Lord patiently teaches us through the small anxieties and hurried moments of life. Being a child of God does not mean we will be without problems or worries, but it does mean we have a Father to go to with them and a Shepherd who stays with us through them.
Let us pray together. Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus and thank You that You love this child and see his worry. We ask for Your peace to guard his heart on this journey, for Your hand to keep him safe on the train and until he reaches his room. If the keys are in his bag, we pray You would guide his hand to find them and give him relief and joy in finding what was feared lost. If they are not there, give him wisdom to know what to do next and provide help through those around him. Calm his anxious thoughts and calm his parent's heart as well, and use even this small trial to deepen his trust in You. We ask this in the name of Jesus, who came to seek and to save, and who receives all who come to Him. Amen.
Jesus has shown a special care for children. He took a little child into His arms and taught that to receive such a one in His name is to receive Him, and to receive Him is to receive the Father who sent Him. He warned not to despise even one of these little ones, for their angels always behold the face of the Father in heaven. He also spoke of the simple trusting faith of a child. Your child is not overlooked. The Lord sees him, knows his worry, and cares about the details that weigh on his heart.
Scripture also gives us the picture of seeking what is lost. Jesus told of a shepherd who goes to find one lost sheep and of a woman who searches carefully for one lost coin. A coin has no use while it is lost, and a sheep is in danger while it wanders, but when what was lost is found there is rejoicing. Those stories were given to show the heart of God, that the Shepherd seeks the lost and the Spirit searches until what is lost is found, and that there is joy when it is restored. Even a small thing like a set of keys matters to God because it matters to His child, and He invites us to cast all our cares upon Him.
We also see in Scripture how God oversees a journey. When the time came for Jesus to be born, God moved circumstances so that Joseph and Mary made the long trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem, just as it had been foretold. He provided, He guided, and He watched over them on the way. In the same way He is able to be with your son on his train ride and all the way to his room.
Part of training a child in the way he should go is learning responsibility step by step, and that learning includes stumbling. As a parent patiently teaches a child to walk, expecting some falls along the way while still guarding and helping, so the Lord patiently teaches us through the small anxieties and hurried moments of life. Being a child of God does not mean we will be without problems or worries, but it does mean we have a Father to go to with them and a Shepherd who stays with us through them.
Let us pray together. Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus and thank You that You love this child and see his worry. We ask for Your peace to guard his heart on this journey, for Your hand to keep him safe on the train and until he reaches his room. If the keys are in his bag, we pray You would guide his hand to find them and give him relief and joy in finding what was feared lost. If they are not there, give him wisdom to know what to do next and provide help through those around him. Calm his anxious thoughts and calm his parent's heart as well, and use even this small trial to deepen his trust in You. We ask this in the name of Jesus, who came to seek and to save, and who receives all who come to Him. Amen.
