ELIZA was a little girl who loved the Lord Jesus, and told Him all her troubles. One day she was sent out on an errand and lost her way. She wandered about for a long time, not knowing where to go. She was afraid to ask the passers-by, for fear she would be directed wrong; and she began to feel in great trouble. Then she thought,
“I will ask the Lord Jesus, for He knows just where I am, and the house to which I want to go, and the nearest way to it.” So the little girl prayed, asking the Lord to show her the way.
She had hardly finished speaking, before a lady drew near, and Eliza at once asked her to tell her the way to Mrs. S.
“Follow me, little girl,” the lady said; “I live next door, and you will soon be there.”
“Thank you,” replied Eliza, “I knew you would show me, for Jesus told me to ask you the way.”
What the lady thought of such an answer I do not know; but Eliza was quite happy, and was soon at the house she wished.
Will our young readers, like this child, remember to ask God for everything, for He listens to little children’s prayers? You will find it a pleasant task to look in the Bible for the answers to prayer there recorded, and the more you speak to God about all your needs, the more happy you will grow.
ML 10/24/1937