In the Days of Thy Youth

From: Messages of God's Love: 1935

A LITTLE GIRL who intend to be a Christian when she grew older, came home one day bringing a bouquet of beautiful fresh carnations for her sick mother.

The nurse admired their loveliness, and then said, “We will not take them to mother just yet. They are too fresh and beautiful. We will wait a few days till they have bun to fade and wither.”

The little girl was surprised and almost angry, and asked the nurse to explain what she meant.

“Is not this what you are doing to the loving Saviour?” asked the nurse. “Are you not keeping to yourself the beauty and freshness of your young life, and waiting to offer Him the faded blossoms from which all the freshness has departed?”

The girl felt the force of the reproof, and soon afterward yielded her young life to Jesus.

“Come ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” Psa. 34:11¹¹Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. (Psalm 34:11).

“Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” Luke 18:16¹⁶But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Luke 18:16).

“Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.” Isa. 55:6⁶Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: (Isaiah 55:6)

ML-01/27/1935

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