When going to the seaside the other day to see two little friends who were staying, there, I was very much struck by the behavior of four children in the train. I had seen two children before I got in the train, and they were very worried and bothered. But these four little folks were so very calm and contented that as the train went on, my curiosity was very much, roused as to why they were such calm little travelers.
But I had not to wait very long, for when the train stopped, they got down on to the platform and waited for about a minute. Then a man came up to them and gave them each a kiss, and when I looked I saw he was the engineer. He was their father, and of course that at once settled all my difficulties, for with their own dear father driving the train how could they be unhappy.
I thought Well, if only all the children traveling: on their way to their heavenly home were quite sure the Father was taking them, how different it would all be.
But there are such a lot of restless little travelers that the train is not such a peaceful place as it should be.
How glad we should be to go with One, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is so able to lead us and take us safely to our journey’s end. Like the little children, we could leave it all to Him, quite sure of His love and care for us.
ML 11/03/1940