The janitor of the building where Marvin worked was taking trash out to the big garbage dumpster when he heard something whimpering inside the big steel container. When he lifted the lid, he found a small, black animal inside. He picked up the whimpering creature and found that it was a very sick puppy. Its eyes were infected, its coat was dirty with patches of fur missing, and its little stomach was bloated. It was a pitiful little animal.
The janitor carried the little puppy to Marvin and asked him what he should do with it. Marvin told him to put it in a box and he would call his wife to come take a look at the poor little dog.
Marvin called Louise, his wife. When he told her about the thrown-away puppy, she said, “Marvin, you know I can’t turn a homeless animal away, and we already have three cats!”
“Better come down and look at this puppy anyway,” Marvin told his wife.
When Louise saw the sad condition of the puppy, her heart went out to it. She said, “Let’s take it to the animal doctor and see what he says.”
The condition of this sick, hopeless, unwanted puppy dumped in a steel prison is just like any boy or girl or grown-up who is still locked in the prison of their sins and unsaved. Their condition is sadly hopeless unless they turn to the Saviour of sinners who loves them and has compassion for every lost sinner. The Lord Jesus willingly died on the cross so He could save sinners from their sins. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)). He wants to wash away their sins, making them clean and ready for His happy home in heaven.
After a few weeks of medicine and loving care, the little black puppy turned out to be a pretty dog. She has a patch of white on her chest, a light brown muzzle, brown spots over her eyes and cute, floppy ears. They named her Maggie. She had to learn to leave the cats alone, which she did after having her nose scratched a few times.
Maggie is now a happy, trusting companion of her new owners. And the Lord Jesus offers you a happy, trusting relationship with Him, if you will accept the love He offers and let Him wash you clean from all your sins. “The blood of Jesus Christ [God’s] Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)).