THE sun has just set and the stacks of hay all over the field show how much work has been done. Some of the women look quite tired after their day’s work and have dropped down to rest a little before going home.
Do you ever get tired, little ones? Surely you do. Even if you have done nothing but play all day, you are tired when evening comes. I have seen some little ones so tired by supper-time that they would drop off to sleep while sitting at the supper table, —too tired to finish their evening meal.
As we grow older we have work to do and that tires us. So whether we work or whether we play, we’re ready to rest at close of day.
At this time we can look back over the day and think of many things for which to thank the Lord before we lie down for the night.
If we have had strength to work we should thank the Lord for that strength. We should also thank Him for preserving us from danger during the day. Sometimes we know of dangers that we have escaped. But more often we know nothing about the dangers that surround us.
Then, too, we have food and clothes for which to give thanks, for it is God who supplies all these things.
It should be a real joy and privilege to us at the close of each day, to lift our hearts and voices to the Lord in prayer; to tell Him all about our work and our play, (for He delights to have us talk to Him and tell Him everything); and to thank Him for everything. We can thank Him for even the sorrows and trials, for they, as well as the pleasant things, are sent in love and are for our good.
“IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH.” Ps. 92:1.
ML 01/28/1912