AS the dear old man sat down to his humble meal, there seemed to be no murmurings, because of its scanty character, or the lack of variety, but with clasped hands and uplifted eye, thanks was offered to God for His care in supplying the need. He could not put that food there himself, no matter how little of it there might be, it was God who supplied him with it, and being conscious of that, he gives God thanks for the bowl of milk and piece of bread.
Let me ask you, dear children, do you always thank God for all He sees fit to give you? Or do you do like a great many people, sit down and eat your food without remembering that God has supplied you with it and, therefore, you never thank Him for it? Or do you get a new suit of clothes or anything else you are in need of, and forget to thank Him? If you have done so in the past, I trust you will not do so in the future.
If the Lord Jesus has not been received by you as your own Saviour, very likely you do not give Him thanks. Christ is the greatest gift that God could give us. He is His well-beloved Son; and He has given Him as a sacrifice for us, to die in our stead, so that we might go free and not have to bear the judgment which we deserved for all our sins. Those who pay no attention to such great love as that, it is no wonder that they do not give thanks for the daily, temporal mercies. But I trust that my reader, if without Christ as his or her Saviour, will no longer refuse Him, but will accept Him now with much thanksgiving, and then be able, from the heart, to give thanks for all things.
ML 11/04/1906