A FISH BONE was used by God to arouse a young lady to a sense of her need of the Saviour. She had often attended gospel meetings and was no stranger to the good news. The Bible too was read in her home but she was still outside of Christ.
One day when they had fish for lunch a small bone stuck in her throat. All afternoon she bore the pain without mentioning it to any one. But the pain was becoming more than she could bear so at last she went to the doctor. He removed the fish bone and told her her throat was very inflamed.
That night she could not sleep. Thoughts of death and judgment passed through her mind again and again. The Spirit of God was at work showing her the need of her soul. At last getting out of bed she got down on her knees and cried to the Lord for mercy and salvation. As the glad gospel message she had often heard passed before her, the finished work of the Lord Jesus upon the cross for sinners was shown to her, and the value of that precious blood which cleanseth from all sin.
In simple faith she believed, she received the Lord Jesus into her heart and was saved. Then all fear of death and judgment was gone. She knew that Christ was her Saviour now and heaven her home.
We hope that all who read these lines will make this blessed Saviour their own, as this young lady did.
ML-02/17/1974