JESSIE had been staying a few days with me, and on the morning that she was expecting to leave and take a long journey into a distant country, her little head was full of wonder and guesses as to what the new place would be like. Suddenly, her simple face, she was but six years old, was put above the bedclothes, and she said: “I shall be at A— tonight, shall I not?”
“Yes, darling,” I replied, “If God takes you there safely.”
“Don’t you think I might ask God to look after us in the train?” said Jessie, “I did once when I was left by myself in the dark, and Miss T. was away, and He did.”
I answered “Certainly,” and when she came to me to thank God for His care over her during the night, I led her in a few words to ask the Lord to take them safely to their journey’s end.
An hour or two later, when waiting for the train to come up to the platform, one of Jessie’s little brothers said, “Supposing there should be an accident today.” “No, there won’t be any, because I have asked God to look after us,” replied Jessie.
There was no thought of irreverence in the little one’s mind, but doubtless she had been accustomed to have either a nurse or governess to look after her, and her thought was that the all-seeing God could do the same for her.
Now I wonder whether my dear young readers who have believed in the Lord Jesus, and who know Him as their own Saviour, can trust Him to take care of them when left for a few minutes by themselves, or when they wake up in the night to find it quite dark.
When little troubles come, or when your lessons are difficult, to whom do you go for help? If you have been trying to bear your troubles by yourself, don’t do so next time; tell them all to God, ask Him to hear you for the sake of His dear Son. And He will, for He cares for you, and loves to hear you tell Him all that is in your heart. This child had “faith in God,” for when the thought of an accident was suggested to her, it did not disturb her happiness, for she had asked “in prayer believing,” and thus was sure she should receive.
I must not forget to tell you that Jessie and her brothers arrived quite safely at A—that evening.
M. W.