Source of Help

Read: Psalm 121; Isaiah 41:10

“Wow, Dad! Did you see those fish?” Maya’s eyes sparkled as she lifted her face out of the water and adjusted her snorkeling mask.

“I sure did!” Dad said. “Those little blue ones look like some they have in aquariums at the pet store.”

“And I almost touched one of those black-and-yellow-striped ones!” Maya was bubbling with excitement.

Dad looked at the setting sun. “Well, it’s getting late. We’d better start swimming back to shore. Are you ready?”

“So soon? Well, okay. Bet I can beat you back!” They started toward shore, but it was farther away than Maya had realized. “Dad, can we rest a minute?” she called out after a while.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Dad said as he swam up beside her. “If we do, this current may take us too far off shore. Here—” Dad stretched out his hand. “I’ll pull you along.” Soon they reached shore, tired but safe.

When they got home, Maya told her mother about their afternoon. “It’s a good thing Dad was there to tow me in to shore,” she said. “I was really tired!”

Mom smiled. “You know, I needed a little towing myself this afternoon.”

Maya looked at her in surprise. “You did?”

Mom nodded. “I was preparing the lesson I have to teach at church this week, and I felt like quitting. God used a phone call from a friend and some verses I read in the Bible to encourage me. It’s like I was towed back to a better attitude.”

“Sometimes Christians can get a little weary of doing things we know are right,” said Dad. “There are times when we need encouragement and help to move us along.”