Isaiah 66:13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. At a summer resort a clergyman and a lady sat on the piazza of the hotel. The lady's heart was heavily burdened, and she talked of her sorrows to the aged minister, who tried to lead her in her hour of need to the Great Comforter. His efforts seemed to be in vain; the lady had heard all her life of the promise that if a tired soul casts its burden on the Lord it will be sustained, no matter how heavy that burden may be, but she seemed to lack the faith to thus cast herself upon the Lord. A half-hour afterward a severe thunderstorm came up in the western sky. With the first flash of lightning the mother jumped out Of her chair and ran up and down the piazza, exclaiming: "Where is Freddie? Where is Freddie? He is so terribly frightened in a thunderstorm I don't know what he will do without me." In a few moments afterward her boy came running up the walk, almost breathless, and his face plainly showing the great fear that was in his heart. "Oh, mother," he exclaimed, "I was so frightened, I ran just as fast as ever I could to get to you." The mother sat down and took the frightened child into her arms. She allayed his fear and quieted him, until his head rested calmly on her loving heart. The good clergyman stepped up gently, and, putting his hand on the mother's shoulder, he whispered: "As one Whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." "I understand it now," she replied, as she looked up with tearful face. "I will throw myself into His arms as a little child, and remember His promise. I never felt the depth of Divine love as shown in that promise before." (Susan T. Perry.) Parallel Verses KJV: As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.WEB: As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem." |
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