Two little girls, Patty and Ellen, were counting their pennies. Patty said, “I have five pennies.”
Ellen said, “I have ten pennies.”
“No you don’t,” said Patty. “You only have five pennies, just like I have.”
“But,” answered Ellen, “my Day said that when he came home tonight he would give me five pennies, and so I have ten pennies!”
Ellen was counting her money as though the five pennies which her father had promised to give her were already hers. She believed what her father had said. That is called faith.
If each one of us would walk as Christians with faith as simple as Ellen’s, how much happier our lives would be. We have a Father who knows everything about us. He knows what is best for us, loves us with a never-ending love, and has “given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness.” 2 Peter 1:33According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: (2 Peter 1:3). Shouldn’t we trust Him for everything?
ML-09/27/1981