Bert was a little fellow about three years old. Like most small boys and girls he liked to climb. One day, down on the farm, he climbed up on a large pile of wood stacked in the farmyard. He did not think when he was climbing up there how he was going to get back down again; in fact, he never gave it a thought until one of his small companions called out, “Look out, Bert, you will fall.”
Bert then looked down, and got so frightened; but what do you think he did? Why, he raised his head, put up his little hands, and said in his funny little way, “God help this boy!” Then he seemed to gain courage after he had said his little prayer, and instead of falling he got down safely.
Little Bert’s father and mother were Christians. They taught their little boy to trust the Saviour, and he learned to love Him. They knew that He who gave His only begotten Son to die to save them from perishing, is a very present help in trouble (Psa. 46:11<<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1)), and that He makes all those who love Him the objects of His care, as long as they are down here in this world. They knew too that one day soon the Lord Jesus is coming to take them and all who love Him home to heaven. Do you have this hope, dear young reader?
ML 07/07/1968