O LIVE was a little girl who had everything she could wish for, but she soon grew tired of all her books and toys. One day she was gazing discontentedly out of the window at the rain which was pouring down as if it would never stop. Presently her uncle came into the room and seeing Olive’s unhappy face, called to her to put on her coat and hat and come out with him.
“But it is pouring rain, Uncle,” said Olive.
“Never mind, we’ll ride,” he replied.
He drove her through the back streets of the town where she had never been before, “Where are we going, Uncle?” asked Olive. “You’ll see,” he replied.
“But I don’t like waiting. Won’t you tell me now?”
“What you need to learn is patience, Olive—patience to wait for things you want, patience to bear whatever God sends in your life,” her uncle said.
At this point the car stopped at a large building and Olive and her uncle got out and entered it. Olive found it was a hospital. Her uncle led her up the wide stairs and into a room full of beds. There were many children there, some reading hooks, some sitting up in bed looking at pictures, some lying very ill. They passed along to the end of the room to a bed where a pale, sick looking child was lying. Olive’s uncle spoke to the little girl kindly and asked her how she was. He told her of the Lord Jesus Who loved her so much that He gave up all He had in His beautiful home, and came into this world to die for her. He told her she could speak to the Lord Jesus, as she lay in her little bed, and tell Him she wanted Him to come into her heart and wash it dean in His own precious blood. The little girl looked up with a bright smile and said, “I want Him to come and live in my heart. I love Him because He loved me first.”
Olive listened to the little girl and she also opened her heart to the Lord Jesus and came to know and love Him too. Now she is happy in His love and she loves to visit the poor, little sick children in the hospital, take them books and toys, and tell them about the Lord Jesus and His love. And she is happy because she does it for His sake.
ML-07/31/1960