September 21, 1988, was a day that many people in the small town of Truro, Nova Scotia, will not forget. That was the morning an unusual visitor came to town and caused some excitement. It wasn’t a famous person who was the cause of all this excitement. This visitor had dark brown hair, four long legs, weighed about 700 pounds, and was wearing a clothespin above his left eye!
Nobody seemed to know where Morris the Moose had come from. But one thing we did know was that he had gone through someone’s backyard and run into their clothesline on his way into town. The clothespin told us that much. Another thing we knew for sure ... Morris was lost! There he stood in a parking lot, surrounded by cars and buildings, not knowing which way to turn. Morris was lost and frightened! As big and strong as he was, there was nothing he could do for himself. Morris was helpless.
Have you ever felt lost and frightened because you realize you are far from God? There is good news for you! God cares about you. He loves you so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to this earth to bring you back to Himself. He is a loving Father who wants to welcome you to His heart. Since we are lost and helpless, the Lord Jesus has come to earth to do all the work so that He could bring us back to His Father. He died and took all the punishment we deserve for all the wrong things we have done. Isn’t that wonderful love? “The Son of God ... loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:2020I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)).
Thankfully for Morris, help was very near. One of the buildings beside the parking lot belonged to the Department of Natural Resources. Soon, conservation officers shot Morris with a tranquilizer dart, and then they safely returned him to his woodland home ... without the clothespin!
What a happy ending to our story! And your life can be happy now and have a happy ending too, because you can be saved from your sins. The Lord Jesus is very near and waiting to save you right now. Don’t wait another minute to pray to Him and accept Him as your very own Savior. The Bible tells us He came “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)).
Messages of God’s Love 8/15/2021