I once met a little girl to whom I said,
“Do you know that Jesus loves you?” Her face lighted up with a simple smile of confidence and the ready answer came forth:
“O, yes, sir!”
“How do you know that?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“But as you speak about the Bible, my little girl, I must tell you what that Holy Book says, that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God; and that there is none righteous—no, not one.”
“But Jesus said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto Me,’” she replied.
“But you are a sinner. You have done many naughty things. What makes you think He would receive you?”
“The Bible says He died for sinners, and therefore He died for me.”
“But this is a very great thing for you to say. How can you be so sure about it?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“The Bible also says that Jesus will come again and take His people up from the earth someday. What will become of you then? How would you feel if He were to come now, while you and I are talking?”
“I should be very happy.”
“Why would you he happy?”
“Because He would take me up to be with Him forever.
“And how long have you been able to say this, my child?”
“Some weeks, sir.”
This was childlike faith, and I found that she showed by her ways that the confession of her lips was the real working of the Spirit of God in her soul.
ML 03/10/1940