I HAVE often visited sick folks in the hospital, and two or three times I have had to get right into a hospital bed myself, and stay until the doctor said I was well enough to go home. I was always glad when that day came.
But poor little Bobbie had to go to the hospital when he was a little boy just six years old, and when I saw him he had been there two years. The doctor said he couldn't ever go home! Oh, you say, how sad he must have felt! But no! Bobbie was weak and suffering, but he was happy. His little hand was lying outside the covers, and it looked so weak that you would hardly think he could lift a feather.
"Well, Bobbie," I asked, "are you happy?"
"Yes, sir," said the weak little voice, "Jesus loves me."
"And are you happy to go to be with Him?"
"Yes." This was followed by a bright happy smile.
Perhaps you, young reader, can run and play. Maybe you can climb trees and pick flowers, but are you ready to go to be with Jesus?
Let me tell you that Bobbie's Saviour wants to be your Saviour too. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart." Proverbs 3:55Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5).
Messages of the Love of God 7/6/1952