I REMEMBER getting into trouble one day, when quite a little fellow. My mother, being busy, said I might take my younger brother for a walk; but I was not to go far.
Well, I led him in the direction of the seashore, which was a long distance from our house.
We had not been on the beach very many minutes before dark clouds appeared in the sky, and there was a heavy thunderstorm.
I then felt that I had disobeyed my mother, and thought how displeased she would be with me. I was in distress; but I had learned what a friend the Lord Jesus was, and I thought He would help me, even though I had grieved Him in acting as I had. So I offered the following simple prayer:
“Please, Jesus, forgive me for being naughty, and don’t let mother be angry for doing what she told me not to; and please, Jesus, make it leave off raining, and I will try and be a good boy afterwards. Amen.”
I shall never forget those few words, and, above all, how the Lord answered them; for almost directly afterwards the rain stopped, and the sun broke out again.
When I reached home my mother did not say much to me, and I felt that God had forgiven me.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (¤ Jno. 1:99That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (John 1:9).)
Have you put your trust in Jesus? It matters not how young you may be; if you put your simple trust in Him, He will help you in any time of trouble.
ML 09/15/1918