WHAT is all this trouble about in the orchard? Four boys want the same apple and it seems the boy with his pocket full is going to get it.
Each boy, we may believe, has had a good share of the apples, and, not content with what they have, all are trying to be the owner of this one too.
This shows us what your heart and mine is naturally. We are not content with what we have, but striving for something else.
“A LITTLE THAT A RIGHTEOUS MAN HATH IS BETTER THAN THE RICHES OF MANY WICKED.” Ps. 37:16.
Discontent is a great source of unhappiness. We hope all our readers are free from it, for Scripture says, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” 1 Tim. 6:66But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6).
God knows all our circumstances. He knows our hearts better than we do ourselves. He knows how helpless we are. It was this that led Him in wondrous love to give His well-beloved Son to die for us.
I know ‘tis Jesus loves my soul,
And makes the wounded spirit whole;
My nature is by sin defiled,
Yet Jesus loves a little child.
How kind is Jesus, oh how good!
‘Twas for my soul He shed His blood;
For children’s sake He was reviled,
For Jesus loves a little child.
Though I offend by thought and tongue,
Omit the right, and do the wrong,
I have to Him been reconciled,
For Jesus loves a little child.
To me does Jesus now impart,
Although so young a trusting heart;
I have a soul by sin defiled,
Yet Jesus loves a little child.
ML 10/31/1909