This little girl has been sent to buy some fruits and vegetables, with money in her hand, and a basket in which to carry them home.
She was told distinctly what to buy, but on her way, she was thinking about the things that concerned herself, and when she reached the market, she had, entirely forgotten what her errand was.
She looks so confused, and is trying to remember what her mother told her to buy.
How much this reminds us of dear boys and girls who are told over and over again about their being sinners, and that they need a Saviour who is able and willing to save them, if they will only accept Him as their Lord and Saviour, and of all the rich eternal blessings that will be theirs by doing so.
But they go on carelessly day by day thinking only of their own pleasures, which last but a short time, forgetting the terrible eternal judgment that awaits all who refuse to accept the wonderful salvation that might be theirs through Christ and His work on the cross.
Now Jesus is saying,
Later He may have to say to you,
ML 09/08/1946