Come, Follow Me for Littles

Week of October 12–18, 2026

Isaiah 58–66

One little story for each day of the week — short enough to read together, gentle enough for the very youngest, and true to the scriptures.

A child in modest ancient-Israel robes holding out a round loaf of bread and a bowl of fruit to another hungry child at a sunny doorway, both smiling, with a kind mother watching happily.

Monday

Sharing Your Lunch

Isaiah 58

Today's idea Going without something so somebody else can have it makes you strong inside.

Sometimes grown-ups do something called fasting. It means going without food for a little while on purpose, so they can think about Heavenly Father and pray.

But Isaiah said something surprising about fasting. He said Heavenly Father cares about what you do NEXT.

Isaiah said the very best kind of fast is this one: “deal thy bread to the hungry.” In other words — take the food you did not eat, and give it to somebody who needs it.

He said to bring the person with nowhere to go into your house. He said when you see somebody who is cold, give them something to wear.

And then Isaiah promised what happens inside YOU when you do that: “then shall thy light break forth as the morning.” You start to shine, like the sun coming up.

You are little, so you might not fast yet. But you can share your snack. That counts. That is the whole idea.

Let's think: What is something of yours you could share today?

A child in modest ancient-Israel robes standing on a green hilltop at bright sunrise with both arms open wide, warm golden light streaming all around, a green valley below.

Tuesday

Arise and Shine

Isaiah 60

Today's idea Jesus is a light that never goes out, and He shines on you.

Have you ever been awake early enough to watch the sun come up? Everything is grey and quiet. And then — light, spilling over the hills, and the whole world turns gold.

Isaiah shouted two happy words about that moment: “Arise, shine!”

He said, “thy light is come.” He was talking about Jesus. Jesus is the light that comes up over everything.

Then Isaiah said something even better. He said someday we will not need the sun to shine in the daytime, or the moon at night, because “the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light.”

A light that never sets. A light that never has to be switched off, or blown out, or plugged in.

And here is your part: Isaiah did not say “sit down and look at the light.” He said ARISE and SHINE. Some of that light is supposed to bounce off you and onto somebody else.

Let's think: How could you help somebody's day feel brighter?

A delighted child in modest ancient-Israel robes receiving a woven flower crown and a bright colourful cloak from a kind grown-up in a sunny garden, beaming with joy.

Wednesday

Something Beautiful Instead

Isaiah 61

Today's idea Jesus can trade your heavy feelings for happy ones.

Have you ever traded something at snack time? You give somebody your apple, and they give you their orange. A trade.

Isaiah said Jesus makes the best trades of anybody.

He said Jesus gives “beauty for ashes.” Ashes are the grey dusty bits left in a fire pit — the leftover, done-with, no-good-anymore part. And Jesus hands you something beautiful instead.

Isaiah said Jesus gives “the oil of joy” instead of a sad heart, and “the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.” A garment is like a big soft cloak you put on. So He takes off the heavy grey feeling and wraps a happy bright one around your shoulders.

Isaiah said Jesus came “to comfort all that mourn.” Everyone who is sad. Not some of them — all of them.

So if you are carrying around a grey, ashy sort of feeling today, it is exactly the thing Jesus most wants to trade you for.

Let's think: What is something that makes a sad feeling turn happy?

A kind parent in an everyday striped tunic joyfully lifting a small laughing child up into the air in a sunny meadow, both laughing, with a woven flower crown on the child's head.

Thursday

He Is Delighted With You

Isaiah 62

Today's idea Heavenly Father is not just okay with you — He is delighted with you.

Do you know what it looks like when somebody is delighted with you? Their whole face changes. Their eyes get crinkly. They cannot help smiling.

Isaiah said that is how Heavenly Father looks at His people.

He said you will be “a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord.” Not a crown stuck up on a shelf somewhere — a crown He is holding in His hand, turning it over, admiring it.

Then Isaiah gave the people a brand-new name. He said they would be called Hephzibah, which is a funny word to say — try it! Hef-zee-bah.

It means: my delight is in her.

That is what Heavenly Father calls you. Not “that one who keeps making mistakes.” Not “the small one.” My delight.

Let's think: What makes your face light up with delight?

A small child in modest ancient-Israel robes kneeling quietly with hands gently folded in a sunny green garden, a warm golden glow of light around them, peaceful and happy.

Friday

He Answers Before You Ask

Isaiah 65

Today's idea Heavenly Father hears you — even before you finish saying it.

Have you ever started to say something and the person you love finished it for you? Because they already knew?

Isaiah said Heavenly Father is like that. Only better.

He said, “before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”

Before you call! While you are still in the middle of the sentence! He is not waiting around to see if you will get the words right.

Isaiah also saw the world that Heavenly Father is going to make one day — a brand new earth where people build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat the fruit, and nobody's work is ever wasted. He said it will be full of glad noises and no crying.

So go ahead and talk to Him today. He is already listening. He was listening before you started.

Let's think: What would you like to tell Heavenly Father today?

An ordinary village mother in an everyday striped tunic and cloth head wrap gently rocking her small sleepy child on her lap on a sunny bench under a big leafy tree, both peaceful and content.

Saturday

Like a Mother Comforting

Isaiah 66

Today's idea Heavenly Father comforts you the way a mother comforts her child.

Think about the very safest place you have ever been. Not the biggest or the fanciest — the safest.

For lots of children, it is somebody's lap.

At the very end of all his messages, after everything else he had to say, Isaiah said this: “As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.”

That is Heavenly Father talking. He picked a mother's comfort to explain His own — the patting, the rocking, the humming, the “shhh, I've got you.”

Isaiah said He carries His children and bounces them on His knees. That is not a far-away, too-busy kind of God. That is a right-here kind.

So when you climb into somebody's lap today, you can remember: that is a small picture of something very, very big.

Let's think: Where is the safest, cosiest place you know?

A happy family in modest ancient-Israel robes resting and talking together on a sunny green hillside, a picnic cloth spread with bread and fruit, everyone relaxed and smiling.

Sunday

A Day to Delight In

Isaiah 58

Today's idea The Sabbath is not a day of “don't.” It is a day to enjoy.

Some people think Sunday is a day full of the word “don't.” Don't do that. Don't play that. Don't, don't, don't.

But that is not at all what Isaiah said.

Isaiah said to “call the sabbath a DELIGHT.” A delight! That is a word for something you can hardly wait for.

The Sabbath is one day out of every seven when we stop hurrying. We do not do our usual work. We think about Heavenly Father, and we go to church, and we are together.

Isaiah promised that if you delight in that day, “then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord.” The gladness spills over.

So today, look around at this day. Slower. Quieter. Everybody home. That is not a day full of don'ts. That is a present.

Let's think: What is your favourite thing to do on Sunday?