Author	Thread: "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem" (Isa. 66:13).
dljrn04 View Profile History	"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem" (Isa. 66:13). Posted : 5 Aug, 2011 01:38 PM The penitential grief of that child who has strayed from its heavenly Father is acute. When he comes to himself, resolves and exclaims, "I will arise, and go to my Father, and I will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned...'" (Luke 15:18), the sorrow is deep and bitter. The tremblings and doubts as to his reception are many: "Will he receive back such a wanderer as I have been? Will he take me once more to his love? Will he speak kindly to me again? Will he restore to me the joys of his salvation? Will he give me the blessed assurance of his forgiveness? Will he once more admit me with his children to his table?" O weeping penitent, he will, indeed! God will comfort your present sorrow by the tokens of his forgiving love. He invites, he calls, he beseeches you to return to him. He is on the watch for you. He runs to meet you. He stretches out his hand to welcome you. He waits to be gracious. He yearns to clasp his penitential, weeping Ephraim to his heart. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him" (Luke 15:20). Will a mother's love live on, warm and changeless, amid all the long years of her child's rebellion, forgetfulness, and ingratitude? When he returns, and gently knocks at her door, and trembling opens and falls, weeping and confessing, upon the bosom he had pierced with so many keen sorrows, will she not press him to a heart that never ceased to throb with an affection which no baseness could lessen, and which no dishonor could quench? And will God our Father�who inspired that mother's love, who gave it all its tenderness and intensity, and who made it not to change�turn his back upon a poor, returning child, who in penitence and confession seeks restoring, pardoning mercy at his feet? Impossible! Utterly impossible! The love of God to his people is a changeless, quenchless, undying love. No backsliding can lessen it. No ingratitude can impair it. No forgetfulness can extinguish it. A mother may forget, yes, has forgotten her child; but God, never! "Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you" (Isa. 49:15). How touching, how impressive that image! It is a woman�that woman is a mother; that mother is a nursing mother�and still she may forget and abandon her little one, "yet will I not forget you," says your God and Father. Touching, heart-melting, heart-winning truth! Go to God your heavenly father ! We have sinned. We have gone astray like lost sheep. We have followed the devices of our own hearts. We have wandered after other lovers. We have wounded our own peace. We have grieved his Holy Spirit. Fall down at his feet. So will we abhor ourselves, hate the sin you pardon, and love, adore, and serve the God who forgives and remembers it no more forever! As one whom his mother comforts, so do you comfort us! by Octavius Winslow, 1856 Post Reply
View Profile History	"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem" (Isa. 66:13). Posted : 5 Aug, 2011 01:43 PM As always, you post such Beautiful words of consolation:glow::angel::applause: Post Reply
dljrn04 View Profile History	"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem" (Isa. 66:13). Posted : 5 Aug, 2011 01:47 PM i receive such blessing from my readings, i need to share it with others. Praise God. Post Reply
jehovajira5185 View Profile History	"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem" (Isa. 66:13). Posted : 6 Aug, 2011 02:34 AM Wow, that was beautiful. God's mercy is amazing! How he loves us is indescribable, but that was definitely inspiring, thank you for that post! Post Reply