Dear Children,
I thought I had better write a short letter to you and let you know what happened to Gramma and me a few nights ago.
This was 9:30 at night. It was very cold, and the moon and stars were shining on a brand new blanket of beautiful white snow. The trees were casting their shadows on the snow from the bright moon. Gramma and I put on our warm clothes and went out for a walk. Even the dog was excited to go with us. She always enjoys chasing any rabbits that are close by.
We were walking down the driveway when I spotted something about sixty feet ahead of us. I thought it was a shadow, but then I realized there were no trees in this area. So we just stopped and looked. Gramma couldn’t quite make out what this object was, but I could see a perfect outline of it against the snow. It was a wolf! It was just sitting very still and quiet, and it was watching us!
Afterwards, I got to thinking about what Hagar said to God in Genesis 16:1313And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? (Genesis 16:13). She said, “Thou God seest me.” How very true! And this wolf probably saw us from the time we left the house!
Children, do you ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? especially when you are doing something wrong or have told a lie? Sure you do, and so do I. Do you know who that Someone is? It is God! We sing in Sunday school,
He sees what we do,
And He hears what we say;
My Lord is watching all the time.
And God isn’t just watching; He is writing too. I wonder how big a book God has written about you and all your sins.
Want to know something? There is only one way you can get rid of what’s written in that book, and that is through what 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) tells us: “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” The moment we trust the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, our sins are gone forever! He blots them out of His book: “I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins” (Isaiah 44:2222I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. (Isaiah 44:22)).
I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour in 1945, and I have been ready for heaven ever since, because my sins are blotted out!
Are you asking, “What about the wolf, Grampa? What about the wolf?”
Gramma whispered to me, “What is it?”
I replied quietly, “It’s a wolf.”
Wow! I wasn’t ready for what happened next. She screamed ever so loud! And that wolf took off like an arrow across the snow. Boy, did it run! It just melted away in the moonlight. And the dog? She didn’t even see it. She was busy chasing rabbits.
Bye bye for now, children.
We love you all,
Gramma & Grampa
ML-04/07/2002