This afternoon I went to see an old lady who was ill, and has to be in bed almost all the time. But this doesn’t make her sad and miserable, because she knows the Lord Jesus as her Saviour. She is so bright and happy and always ready to tell of the Lord’s love to her. While she lies there all alone she speaks to Him and He speaks to her.
You may be wondering what I mean when I say that Jesus talks to this old lady. She doesn’t hear a voice speaking aloud to her, you know. No; the Lord Jesus speaks to us now through His Word, the Bible.
If we want to send a message to someone who lives a long way from us, we send them a letter. So God’s Word is like a letter. In the Bible we read how much He loves us, and how He sent Jesus to die for us. Then we read too how Jesus is now in heaven watching over all those who trust in Him, whether they are old or young.
When this old lady was a little girl she learned a lot of hymns and verses. Now she is old and cannot read for herself, but the Lord brings these verses to her mind, and they are such a comfort to her.
Although she is eighty-seven years old, yet she can remember what she learned when she was a little girl about five or six years old! I don’t suppose you little ones think when you are learning your verses for Sunday School, that if you live to be old, you will most likely still remember those verses. How important it is then to learn them well!
Did you know that it is ever so much easier to learn them when you are young? That is one reason why we need to learn as much as possible of God’s Word now, and not wait until we grow up, for it will be much harder then.
ML 02/23/1947