In a farm home in Illinois, there I live an old Christian couple. The old man is almost blind, but happy. In his early days he had put his trust in the Saviour, and he loved to read his Bible. A great many of its passages he had committed to memory.
His eyesight is gone now, but not his memory. He cannot read his beloved Bible any more, but he loves to talk about his Saviour, and he can still quote many of the scriptures he learned in his younger days. How thankful he is now that he spent so much time over his Bible then!
Can we not learn a lesson from this old friend? God has not promised us good health and eyesight all our life, but He would “teach us to number our days” and to “apply our hearts unto wisdom.” To know the Lord Jesus as one’s Saviour, to live for Him and honor Him down here, is the truly happy life. To look forward to a blest eternity with Him in heaven is the brightest and best hope of all.
Surely the coming of the Lord is very near. Soon this day of grace must end. The last chance to be saved will have passed Forever. O that none of our readers will be missing from that happy company of redeemed ones who will spend eternity praising Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.
ML 07/30/1967