What a sad sight we have bore us in this picture; these poor people are starving to death! Without food and without water, they are filled with despair. See their empty jugs lying around, and they can not get a bit of water anywhere to fill them again.
How faint and distressed the poor creatures look that are sitting on the ground; the child seems limp and almost dead. But what is the girl doing, that has climbed high upon the rocks? She seems to be looking far into the distance. She is hoping and longing to see some camels coming loaded with food and water.
Our poor bodies depend so much upon our food: our meals supply the strength they need. But children, we have a soul as well as a body; the body demands so much attention each day that many do not think about the soul. But which is the more important?
The soul never dies, whether saved or lost,—and the body lives down here only for time, and that time may be very short for you. Many die very young.
Come to Christ Jesus for the saving of your soul—then find in Him the necessary food for it each day. Jesus said to the people when here on the earth,
It is only as you know Him as your own Saviour, and feed upon Him and His Word each day that your spiritual life can grow. Your soul must have food as well as your body.
ML 02/21/1943