What a treat the two donkeys are having, eating the beautiful flowers. It makes a pretty picture, and yet we feel uncomfortable at seeing the plant destroyed, and hope the housewife will rescue the plant in time to save it.
Donkeys and mules are noted for their stubborn ways, and frequently get theelves and their owners into difficulty.
Do you know anything else like the mule for wanting its own way? Yes, it is our own heart,
“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.” Psalms 32:9.
A wrong course in life often looks very attractive, and there is no power in ourselves to do that which is pleasing to God. But remember,
“THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN, BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH.” Proverbs 14:12.
The Lord Jesus died to save us from that evil way, and the destruction which follows, and to give us a new nature which can do only good. If we take Him as our Saviour, this precious verse is true of us, and we are given power to keep the old nature in check so that we shall not be as the horse or the mule:
“But now in Christ Jesus ye who somimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” Eph. 2:13.
ML 06/14/1942