PART 4
The Reaping Time
SLOW, but sure, change was working in Carrie’s home. She had herself found what a Saviour Jesus is. The lessons she had learned at the Sunday-school were not forgotten, and she tried, with all her strength, to let her light shine at home. It is true she sometimes failed, and sometimes she tried to go on in her own strength, instead of going to Jesus for help; and then all would go wrong. We must never try to go on, day by day, by ourselves. We have such a loving, tender Friend, who is always ready to help us, and we need never be afraid of tiring Him, and He “is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.”
The children in the Sunday-school had very pretty cards given them every week, with texts of scripture printed on them. Carrie used to nail hers on the walls of their little room, and her father, pleased with the prettiness of them, would stand and read them. He had found out that there was a great change in his little girl, and he began to have a great longing to know more of these wonderful things himself. “Wonderful words of life” they seemed to him. Eagerly he read all the little books and papers that Carrie took home, and each week she went with this request, “Please teacher, give me something for my father to read.”
Soon the little child’s prayers were answered, and she had the joy of seeing her father rejoicing in the knowledge of peace with God. No fear of death, for he knew that whether he died, or the Lord came, he was safe for eternity.
Does it not show that none of us are too young, or weak, or poor to shine for Jesus? Little Christians can make the home so happy; and shed joy and sunshine all round them.
Messages of God’s Love 10/2/1921