POOR Bessie, conscious that she was to be represented in the picture, held herself quite stiff and awkward. If she had been caught unconsciously, she would have been just herself, and the artists would not have had so much trouble to get her to stand free and easy, and to say to her, “Just be natural.”
When others are looking, we are so apt to try to be very good before them, and leave as good an impression with them as we can; but there is One whom we are apt to forget about; who knows all about us, and sees us every moment. That is God.
It is good for us ever to remember that word,
There are two sides to this line of things. One is that we can rejoice that the Lord’s eyes are upon us, and He will keep and protect us amidst all the dangers of life, and all the traps that Satan may lay for our feet, if we are dependent upon Him.
The other is that if we do what is wrong, we cannot hide it from His all-seeing eye, and we must give account to Him. We need not try to put on an unnatural appearance before Him, for He knows all about us.
ML 07/02/1922