A little boy named Frank was a great treasure to his parents. They did everything for him to make him happy, but they would never let him hear the name of God or the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 14:11<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (Psalm 14:1)).
When Frank was nearly six years old, his parents began looking for a good private school for him. They heard of a special school run by a lady named Miss Wood. At the parents’ request, they had an interview with her. Everything seemed most satisfactory on both sides . . . until they told her that they did not want their son to have any religious instruction.
Now Miss Wood was a faithful Christian, and she told them she could not have Frank attend her school under those conditions. But the parents begged her to accept him anyway. So the arrangement was made for Frank to go to school an hour later than the other students. That way he would miss each morning’s religious instruction.
Frank soon figured out this special arrangement and insisted that he wanted to go to school each morning at the same time as the other students. He wanted to know whom the teacher was telling her students about and whom they sang about.
Miss Wood explained to Frank, “You must ask your parents’ permission if you want to come to school earlier.”
So Frank told his parents what Miss Wood had said. They finally decided he could attend the hour of religious instruction in the morning when the teacher talked about Jesus.
What a joy this was to little Frank. His longing, empty heart was soon filled with the love of Jesus, and he received Him into his heart as his Saviour. “Rejoice with Me; for I have found My sheep which was lost” (Luke 15:66And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. (Luke 15:6)).
Shortly after this, Frank became very sick. His heartbroken parents learned that soon they would have to part with their one great treasure.
Little Frank first turned to his father and asked, “Daddy, do you love me?” Then he asked his mother the same question. Then he said, “If you really loved me, how come you never told me about God and Jesus?” Both parents broke down and cried as Frank told them about his loving Saviour, the Lord Jesus.
How sad it was that it wasn’t until their little Frank became so sick that they would listen to the story of Jesus and His love, and soon both received Him as their own Saviour. “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth” (Luke 15:1010Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. (Luke 15:10)).
ML-09/23/2007