AL 6:10{EN 49:21{Satan even perverts humility into a hindrance, and persuades us that of course our friend knows as much or more of the things of God than we do, and that telling of what we have found in Jesus, may seem like or lead to talking about ourselves. Yet perhaps all the while, that friend is hungering and feeling besieged, while we are withholding good tidings of plenty and deliverance. Have there not been days when the brightest of us would have been most thankful for the simplest word about Jesus, from the humblest Christian? days when even "the mention of His name" might have been food and freedom! It does not in the least follow that members of Christian families need no such "good tidings" because of their favored position. They may need it all the more, because no one thinks it necessary to try and help them. And when? The constantly recurring word meets us here again, "Now!”
The memory of a kindly word for long gone by,
The fragrance of a fading flower sent lovingly,
The gleaming of a sudden smile or sudden tear,
The warmer pressure of the hand, the tone of cheer.
The hush that means "I cannot speak, but I have heard!”
The note that only bears a verse from God's own Word—
Such tiny things we hardly count as ministry;
The givers deeming they have shown scant sympathy;
But, when the heart is overwrought, oh who can tell
The power of such tiny things to make It well!