HERE is the picture of a happy family. Look at the mother’s face and you will see a sweet calm look on it. These people do not live in a fine big house, filled with costly furniture. The father has to work hard every day, for it takes all the money that he is able to earn, to feed and clothe so many little ones. The little children are just having breakfast; so are Tabby and Floss, her little kitten. Do you see the bird in the cage on the stool? The little girl standing near it has a spoon in her hand. I suppose she thinks the bird wants something to eat too.
On the table are three plants which are blooming, which make the room seem very pleasant and homelike. How contented the whole family seems to be. If they believe in the Lord, they are indeed happy people, for in 1 Tim. 6:1616Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. (1 Timothy 6:16) we read that “Godliness with contentment is great gain.”
Are we content with what we have, or do we look about us and envy those who have more of this world’s goods than we? When the Lord was here, He was poor and despised. Why should we expect anything from a world that hated the Son of God?
“Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Cor. 8: 9.
ML 03/19/1916