Alice was too young to be able to read the directions on the tube of glue she found in her brother’s room. She did not know that a warning on the super glue read, “Avoid contact with skin and eyes,” and in large print, “KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.” Alice must have thought it was lotion, because she started squeezing glue out of that little tube and rubbing it on her face. At first this seemed like fun, but soon she had a sticky face and her eyes were stuck closed. She could not open them no matter how hard she tried.
Alice was frightened when she couldn’t open her eyes. She rubbed her eyes and cried, but that didn’t help. When Mother heard her crying and came to the room, she was quite concerned. Mother had read the warnings on the super glue label and she knew how dangerous it was to get that glue near the eyes.
Mother and Alice made a fast trip to the nearest hospital. Even the doctors and nurses in the emergency room were worried when they saw Alice’s eyes. It took them over four hours of using different solutions on the glue before they found one that softened the glue so Alice could open her eyes again. How happy everyone was when the doctor examined Alice and said he did not think there was any injury to her eyes. She could see again without any problem.
Alice got in this trouble because she couldn’t read the directions on the super glue. But what about you? Have you ever heard the directions that God gives you in His Word, the Bible? Here are a few of them: “Come unto Me [the Lord Jesus].” “[You] must be born again.” “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” These are important directions — directions that will save you from everlasting punishment in hell if you follow them. Have you followed those directions?
Messages of God’s Love 10/22/2023