Mary and May were walking across a field from school one day, when they saw some sheep with some red letters painted on their fleeces.
“O, see, May!” said Mary, “those sheep have some marks on them. I wonder what they are for?”
“That’s the mark the farmer knows his sheep by,” said May “Don’t you know what teacher said to us about Jesus hang marks to know His lambs by?”
“Yes, but Jesus doesn’t put marks like that on His lambs, does He?” asked Mary.
“No, Mary, Jesus puts His mark in us, on our souls, and not our bodies.”
Little Mary was right, Jesus does mark His lambs in their hearts; Jesus says,
Though the marks that the sheep and lambs of Christ have, are in their hearts, yet they can be known as Christ’s sheep, by their walking in the footsteps of Christ, He loved His enemies, and prayed for those who treated Him cruelly. Little boys and girls, who love the Saviour, can pray in His name, that they may be long in word and deed, then their parents and friends can see that the Saviour has marked them for His own. If they ask Him, He will guide them in holy ways here, and after this life, take them to glory to dwell with Him forever.
“Then they shall see His face,
With all the saints above;
And sing Forever of His grace,
Forever of His love.”
ML 06/27/1943