THIS scene of poverty may well draw out pity. Look at the poor old grandmother and her grandchild!’ They had to resort to begging: not from the rich, but from those in humble circumstances.
The readiness to respond to the call,. which the wife shows by immediately rising to cut off a thick piece of bread, gives us a good lesson. Often those who have plenty of money are not so ready to help the poor, as those. who have only a little, but God would have us to be generous, and ever ready to meet the needs of others as far as we are able.
This is what the Lord Jesus has done.. He could have stayed in the glory, in that bright home .above, but He thought of us in all our need, so He left that scene, and came down here to meet us in our ruined condition, by sin, and lift us up out of the ruin, and even give us to share all things-with Him.
When we think of this, and how great our need was, and what it cost the Lord. Jesus to redeem us and make us His own, for He redeemed us with His precious blood, we may then be glad to show love and kindness to others.
Only an act of kindness
That you, little child, may show,
While seeking to please the Saviour,
And more like Himself to grow.
Messages of God’s Love 9/4/1921