The girl and the tree

Recently, I have felt that my prayers are not spirit-filled and was very much resembling a one way conversation with me mumbling something just because I had to! I was fairly annoyed, where was the Lord? What happened to my fervour? That’s when I suddenly got this picture:

Picture a little girl in the garden. She is trying to climb a tall tree, a hard mission especially she hasn’t climbed a tree. Moreover, she could fall down and injure herself! Petulantly, she cries out to her dad and insists that he should help her in climbing the tree. The good father supports her and eventually, she reaches the uppermost branches. Perched upon a branch, she is content and sits there enjoying nature, forgetting all about the man who helped her to reach the heights of success. When night falls, the girl realises that she has to climb down- but how can she? Like a cat, she is stranded up on a tree. She wails in despair and screams for her dad, knowing that he won’t hear her. With her cell phone, she calls her friends, some of whom might arrive but tell her that they can’t help. Unexpectedly, her dad arrives and he helps her to climb down.

This is exactly what happens in our life. We are the child and the dad is Jesus. He is there when we are in trouble and we pray to Him to bail us out. And then we forget about Him. But we could do something- when He helps us to climb up, we can request Him to accompany us to the highest branch and we can both sit there and enjoy the view.