I met little Emmy playing on the sidewalk one day, and I said to her, “Do you know that the Lord Jesus loves you?” Her face lighted up with such a sweet simple smile, and the ready answer came: “Oh, yes, I do.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“But you know what that holy Book says, that we have ‘all sinned and come short of the glory of God, and there is none righteous — no, not one.’ "
“But Jesus said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto me.’ "
“But you are a sinner. You have done naughty things. What makes you think He would receive you?”
“Because the Bible says He died for sinners, and I know He died for me.”
“Well now, this is a very great thing for you to say. How can you be so sure about it?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“The Bible also says that Jesus will come again and take His people from earth to heaven in a moment some day. What will become of you then? How would you feel if He were to come now while you and I are talking?”
“I should be very happy,” was her sweet reply.
This was childlike faith, and I found that she showed by her ways that the word of her lips was the real working of the Spirit of God in her soul.
ML-06/05/1977