When my grandkids were little, they spent the entire summer with us at the lake. I started each summer with an ample supply of colorful childrens’ Band-Aids, ready for needy little cuts and scrapes. Grammy’s Band-Aids were fun! If a little guy needed some attention, he had only to come to me with his boo-boo, real or imagined. That little finger might have looked perfectly fine, but if one little Band-Aid made him feel better, then a Band-Aid and a hug were always ready and waiting.

I’m thinking that my prayers to my heavenly Daddy are sometimes like that. Now some of the concerns we lift in prayer are desperately real. But sometimes mine are just the invention of a worrisome mind. Sometimes I’m more concerned about the “what ifs” than the situation of the here and now.  And so I am anxious, fearful and worried.

Yet, even when I come to God with my “imagined boo-boo,” He’s ready to listen and offer His help. You could say He’s always ready with His heavenly band-aid. For He comes with His comfort,  the reassurance of His unconditional love. And that makes my world OK again.

Take your anxieties to your Lord.  He will listen, because He loves you unconditionally.

Originally posted by Judy in September 2018

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28