A lady had a class of small girls in a Sunday school, and one Sunday afternoon she made them all very sad by telling them that she was going away to live in another town, and that was the last Sunday she would teach them.
So the little girls decided each to buy some small keepsake to give to their kind teacher. But Mary, who was only eight years old, was very poor, and had only one penny of her own. So she looked in the shops to see if there was anything she could buy for a penny. She found at a toy shop some dolls’ mugs ticketed a penny a piece. So she went in and bought one. Then she went to the house and said, “Teacher, I have brought you a little keepsake. It only cost a penny; but that was all the money I had!”
To be sure her teacher was very pleased, and said she would take such care of it. Now it was not worth much, but it was a real gift of love! Our hearts are not worth much, and yet Jesus wants them! Have you given your heart to Him?
I gave My life for thee,
My precious blood I shed,
That thou mightest ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead.
I gave My life for thee,
What hast thou given for Me?
And I have brought to thee,
Down from My home above,
Salvation full and free,
My pardon and My love.
I bring rich gifts to thee;
What hast thou brought to Me?
ML 11/08/1959