TWO LITTLE children ran after their father one morning as he went to work. On their way home, they stopped to pick flowers on the side of the lake. Harry was just three years old, and he wasn’t quite as careful as his brother Carl. He reached over the bank for an extra big daisy, slipped, and rolled down into the water. Carl heard him scream and turned just in time to see the splash as his brother went down. Carl ran home as fast as he could to tell his mother, but it was quite a long way, and I am afraid Harry would have drowned but for brave Shep. Shep was a big dog that had been sleeping in the sunshine on the side of the river. Harry’s cry awakened him, and with one spring he was in the water. He caught Harry’s coat with his teeth, and kept him afloat until a boatman came along and picked him up. A crowd soon gathered on the lake side and in a few minutes Harry was safe in his mother’s arms.
Do you think he forgot brave Shep? No. Although Harry is now a big boy, you may still see him walking by the lake with old Shep by his side.
I know of One who died to save you from eternal death. That One was Jesus, the Son of God. Have you ever thanked Him? Do you walk by His side day by day?
ML-02/14/1971