HAVE you ever gone tobogganing? Most boys and girls like to get out and play on the hills in the snow.
Some years ago, a gospel service was being held in a school house in Canada. Henry planned to go, and started out with his Bible. Along the way he met some companions who coaxed him to go to the hills and slide with them. At first Henry refused to, go, but finally gave in. He soon forgot the time in the pleasure and excitement of the sport, and was having his last slide when suddenly he fell off, and falling upon his head was picked up unconscious. They carried him home where he soon regained consciousness, but they found that he had broken his arm. For many days Henry suffered. and how often he wished he had obeyed his mother by going to the Gospel service.
One day a friend came to visit him and said, “Henry if you can hardly bear the pain of a broken arm for a few days, how will you bear the suffering that you will have for ever and ever if you die without Christ as your own Saviour?” God used that remark to awaken Henry and he felt how awful it would be to die in his sins. He then saw that the Lord Jesus had shed His precious blood to wash away those sins and he opened his heart to Him and was saved. The heavy load of sin was then gone and he loved the Name of Jesus, He wanted to be obedient to his parents now, and to live to please the Lord day by day.
Perhaps you have had a broken arm, or leg, or some serious illness. The Lord often allows these things to make us think about our soul’s salvation. Henry was brought to know the Lord as his Saviour through his broken arm, and now he can thank the Lord for the accident. If God is speaking to you, remember it is because He loves you and wants you to be saved.
Messages of the Love of God 1/4/1948