Wee
Bairns
In my college years I
worked as a trail guide in Colorado, leading boys on weeklong treks into Rocky
Mountain National Park. On one occasion one of my hikers—a small, frail
chap—lagged behind and took a wrong fork on the trail. When we arrived at our
campsite he was nowhere to be found. Greatly alarmed, I backtracked to find
him.
Just before dark I came
upon him sitting on a rock by a small lake, hugging his knees, and sobbing. In
joy and relief, I gathered him up in a giant bear hug, hoisted him on my
shoulders and carried him down the trail to our campsite.
George McDonald,
describes a young woman finding a “wee bairn” lost in the woods. She
gathered him up in her arms and carried the tiny infant home to her father, at
which point she gained an insight that “was never afterward to leave her: now
she understood the heart of the Son of Man, come to find and carry back the
stray children to their Father and his.” When afterward she told her father how
she felt he answered her “in just four words and no more: ‘Lassie, ye hae it!’“
So, I want you know that
Jesus has been looking for you all your life. He came to find you, no
matter how far you may have strayed and how lost you may be and to carry you
home to your Father. God has “Love to seek and Power to save...” (John
Greenleaf Whittier). You may not know much about God, but if you know that
much, “Ye hae it!”
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