A POOR African family was starving. There were five children and the parents decided to sell one of them as a slave, and use the money to buy food, and so save the rest of the family. The five children were placed in a row, and the father and mother looked at them one by one.
“We can’t sell Sam,” said the father, “he is such a good helper, we couldn’t spare him.”
“Cassy certainly mustn’t go,” said the mother, she minds the children and is my greatest comfort.”
“Well, poor Tom shall not be sold; he is patient and gentle, and could not hear hard treatment,” said the father, “and I’m sure I could never part with Chloe who is the life of us all—she is so merry.”
“And would you give up my baby, then?” cried the mother.
“No, we could not spare any of them, we shall have to starve a little longer.”
These African parents had five dear children, and they could not spare ONE, but God gave His ONLY Son for us. His love was so great that He wished to have us as His children, and so Jesus came to Calvary’s cross and gave His life that we might live. There He took our place, bearing the punishment that we deserved, and now through faith in His precious name, you dear reader, if still unsaved, may have eternal life and be made a child of God.
Messages of the Love of God 1/11/1948