A LITTLE boy four years old had a dear Auntie whom he loved very much. This Auntie was taken sick, and was sick about eight years, when she went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. This Auntie loved the Lord Jesus.
Little Robert saw his Auntie's body put in the grave. Some days afterward, Robert said to his mother,
"I am going out to the cemetery and dig Auntie up. I am not going to leave her there."
Robert was so sad. His mother thought she must try to get this off his mind. So she said,
"Robert, you know Auntie was so sick, and sick so long, and it was her body that was so sick. Well, one day Jesus said, I will take Robert's Auntie up here with Me, and have her body put in the grave, and someday I will take her body out of the grave and put her back into it, and take her up here to be with Me forever." Little Robert just shouted saying,
"Then I will see Auntie again, for I am going to be with Jesus."
Robert has not been sad over his Auntie's body being in the grave, since he was told this, but talks about seeing her again when he goes to be with Jesus.
Robert has a sister eight years old. She also believes in Jesus, and has taken her place at the Lord's table to remember Him in His death for her. She heard her mother telling Robert about their Auntie and said,
"Mother, I think I have that straightened out now."
"What do you mean, Geraldine?" said mother.
"I mean, when we die, if we are believers in Jesus, our spirit and soul go to be with Jesus, and our body is put in the grave."
What love, and mercy the Lord Jesus shows to children, to give such comfort to those so young—even lasting comfort.
"We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2 Cox. 5:8.
The apostle Paul said,
Messages of God’s Love 7/20/1930