When I was about ten years old and in public school, there was another boy in my class I wanted so much to speak to about my Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Somehow I could never get up the courage to do this. More than once I prayed and asked the Lord Jesus to give me an opportunity and the courage to speak to Leslie about the uncertainty of life, and how important it is to know the Lord Jesus as Saviour. Timidly and shyly I went up to him one day in the schoolyard and gave him a gospel tract. I trembled as I told him about Jesus dying for sinners. He promised to read the tract, and I sure hope he did, because that was the very last time I ever saw Leslie alive.
It was either that same evening or the following day that he stood behind the boards by the rink to watch an inter-class hockey game. Just as the final whistle blew one of the players hit the puck at the boards. The puck lifted just high enough to clear the boards, and it struck Leslie on the temple. He fell over backwards — DEAD!
You can never speak to the “wrong” boy or girl about the Lord Jesus and His love for sinners. And no one is ever too young to tell others that “Christ died for our sins.” 1 Cor. 15:33For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; (1 Corinthians 15:3).
ML-10/11/1987