TWO little boys, Alex and Bill, stood talking together. Alex was ten years old, and Bill only six.
“Bill", said Alex, “It’s just a year and a half since I began to live.”
“And I have not begun to live yet,” said Bill sadly.
Do you know what these two little boys meant? Alex meant it was just a year and a half since he had learned to love Jesus. And poor Bill meant that he was not “born again,” and that he did not love Jesus at all. This made him very miserable; indeed, so miserable that a kind friend noticed his sad face, and got to know the cause of all his trouble. He soon found for him that beautiful verse, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” John 3:3636He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36).
Bill believed it and it made him so happy. He took a pencil and paper and copied out the whole verse; he called it his text. He then took every Bible in the house and marked the verse with his pencil so that he might always be able to find it in any of the Bibles.
ML-03/24/1974