Who will take care of me?
"He careth for you."--I Pet. v. 7.
It is so pleasant to be cared for; to have kind relations and friends who
show that they love you by their care of you, and their care for you. What
would you do if no one cared for you, like the poor little children in
London who are turned out to "do for themselves" before they are as old as
you are? What would you do if there was no one to get anything for you to
eat, or to see to your clothes, or to keep a home for you to live in? No
one to take any notice if you hurt yourself ever so badly, or if you were
ever so ill? You would feel then what a difference being cared for makes
to your life. But all the earthly care for you comes because "He careth
for you." He planned and arranged everything, without your having anything
to do with it, so that you shall be cared for. And He did not arrange it
once for all, and then leave things to go on as might happen. No! Every
day, every moment, He careth, _goes on_ caring, for you. Not only thinking
of you and watching you, but working for you; making things come right, so
that everything should be just the best that could happen to you. Not
managing the great things, and leaving the little things to arrange
themselves; but giving loving care to the least, the very least things
that concern you. Even in some tiny little trouble which no one else seems
to care about, "He careth;" or when every one else is too much taken up
with other things to attend to you, "He careth for you."
You can never get beyond God's care, for it always reaches you; you can
never be outside of it, for it is always enfolding you.
"'Who will take care of me?' darling, you say,
Lovingly, tenderly watched as you are?
Listen! I give you the answer to-day,
One who is never forgetful or far.
"He will take care of you! All through the year
Crowning each day with His kindness and love,
Sending you blessings and shielding from fear,
Leading you on to His bright home above."