He Will Carry You

Two days back, while travelling along the highway in a bus with her family, the Swallow went past a school.  She noticed some plants planted on the edge in the school grounds, and it brought to her mind a school project in her younger days when she was in Malaysia.

Students had to 'adopt' a pot of plant each.  All they needed to do was water the plant.  This project would ease the task of the plant-caretakers as due to the very hot weather at that time, many plants were wilting or dying from lack of water.

The Swallow remembers that she was given a pot right next to a toilet on the ground floor.  Her first thought, vocalised by some of her classmates, was 'The toilet? Eeww!'.  Toilets in those days were dark, dank, smelly and abounding in ghost stories!  Maybe it is the same today?

In those days, the Swallow had heard about God and was in her early years of learning to trust in Him.  She had wondered how this situation would work out for her.  Over the days of her project, the Swallow came to realised that although the location of the plant was not desirable, it was near a water source.  The Swallow saved much time and effort getting water for the plant.  Some of her classmates had to move a distance to look for water, and after some time did not bother to water the plants in their care at all.  The outcome was the Swallow's plant thrived while most of her classmates' plants wilted.

Recently, there was a special event in the local assembly which the Swallow attended.  In the last leg, a wrench was thrown in the gears of preparations.  The Swallow's first thought, vocalised by others in the same committee, was to complain, 'Why now?  So much time had been given to finalize issues...'

Since those days of her school project, the Lord God had proven His faithfulness time and time again to the Swallow.  She knew if she committed the problem to Him, He would see her through.  So she did, and He did!

The Lord is faithful!  Praise be to His name!  He gave the Swallow an idea to overcome the problem, and the event proceeded without more major problems.  Yes, there were still some hiccups here and there during the event, but again the Lord was in control.  He has never promised that knowing Him will mean a problem-free life, but...

Hebrew 13 : 5b - 6 (NKJV)
For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."  So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?"

HE WILL CARRY YOU by Scott Wesley Brown

There is no problem too big, God cannot solve it,
There is no mountain too tall, He cannot move it,
There is no storm too dark, God cannot calm it,
There is no sorrow too deep, He cannot soothe it.
If He carried the weight of the world upon His shoulders,
I know, my brother, that He will carry you!
He said, "Come unto Me, all who are weary, and I will give you rest."

The Swallow's life is what she makes out of it.  She can complain, she can whine, she can be sorrowful; or she can seek the Lord's help, she can give thanks to the Lord, she can rejoice in the Lord always!