AIMIE FOUND a poor little stray kitten. It was starved and skinny, it was dirty and its eyes were sore. Aimie took pity on the poor little thing and carried it into the house. But when Father saw it he told her to take it outside again. She could feed it on the porch but it must not come into the house.
Aimie fed the kitten some milk and its little tummy grew round and full. In the meantime Daddy was trying to figure out what to do with the kitten. He hoped he could give it away to some one and give Aimie a new dolly instead. Perhaps she would forget the kitten.
Aimie had gone to bed and Father was about to retire when he heard a faint meow coming from the corner of the kitchen. There he saw Aimie's dolly's bed and the kitten curled up inside. Beside it was a dish with some food Aimie had taken from her own supper and a saucer of water. At first Daddy was angry, but then as he thought of how kind Aimie had been to that little kitten his heart melted. He went upstairs and as he gazed at his little girl sleeping so sweetly he was proud of her. He loved her all the more when he realized how tender-hearted she was.
In the morning Daddy said to his little girl, "Aimie, you can keep your little kitty!" Aimie threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Daddy," she said, "That's what I wanted more than anything."
In a few days little Puss showed quite a change. She grew fatter, her fur coat became glossy, the soreness disappeared, and her green eyes fairly gleamed. She became one of the family, loved and cared for.
Just as Aimie loved that little kitten when it was starved, ill and dirty, so the Lord Jesus loved us poor and needy, sin-sick, defiled, and without a home. He did not turn us away — He never turned any one away who came seeking Him. But He cleansed us from our sins. He fed us with Bread from heaven, with the "sincere milk of the Word," and He gave us a home with Himself. Now we are part of the heavenly family, soon to be gathered inside the Father's house of many mansions.
But in order to do all this He must first die to put our sins away. Have you come to Him yet in your need, dear young reader?
Messages of the Love of God 8/10/1975