Mr. Marsh once had a little starling in his home. Finding that the bird would likely never be able to survive as a wild bird, he kept it as a pet. Over time he taught it to say a few very human-sounding words. When Mr. Marsh would call out, “Where is the little starling?” the bird would answer, “Here I am.”
Next door there lived a little boy named Charles, who was intensely interested in the little “talking bird.” One day he came to see it, and found Mr. Marsh was not at home. Catching the starling, he slipped it quickly into his pocket. Just at the moment when he turned to slip out the door, Mr. Marsh appeared!
Seeing Charles there, Mr. Marsh thought to please the boy by coaxing the bird to talk. He called out, “Where is the little starling?”
The bird’s answer came promptly—from the depths of Charles’ pocket! “Here I am!”
We learn from the Bible that “ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” But there is another verse—a wonderful verse: “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from ALL sin” (1 John 1:77The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (John 1:7)). If we own we are sinners and come to the Lord Jesus by faith, believing that He died for our sins, then we can truly know that He has washed all our sins away.
“The eyes of the Lord
are in every place,
beholding the evil
and the good.”