Mom Heart Moments #198

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.

I LOVE COMING INTO THE presence of Jesus. I am usually in my wrinkled pajamas, with sleep breath, no makeup, tousled hair, and a fearful heart —I am naturally a fearful person. But I light my candle and have my tea, and in His presence I find love and acceptance and hope.

He made me. He knows me, and as Psalm 103:14 says, “He is mindful that [I am] but dust.” He formed me in my mother’s womb. He redeemed me and made me part of His family. And He will always be loyal and accept me because I am His child.

In His presence, I am adequate, because He saved me so that I could live without pretense or performance.

I want to offer Jesus so much, yet all He asks of me is to give myself. I may not give perfection, or maturity, or prowess, but I can give Him my little-girl heart. The heart that sees His beauty, His unconditional love, the freedom He gives me to be me, just as I am. And that makes me respond with such love, appreciation, and gratefulness! How very glad I am that Jesus does not compare me to anyone else. He is my justification. He is my badge of honor.

Even the way our precious Savior came, as one of us, the common kind, with “no stately form or majesty” (Isaiah 53:2), shows us His preference. If we are to be pleasing and adequate, it must be with Him as our sole audience, the only One who can give us approval that will satisfy our souls.

Do you sometimes forget that the King of kings is “gentle and humble in heart” (Matthew 11:29), not waiting to slap you on the wrist but rather to draw you close and embrace you? How can you offer Him your own little-girl heart today?