THESE boys have been given an afternoon off from their school duties, and what a good time they are having! You see they don’t have to loiter off with other boys, but are perfectly satisfied in staying near home and their mother.
Can you see their home? These big trees are just outside of their yard. Mother is letting some of her housework go, so as to be out here with her boys; she likes to be with them, and to see them having a happy time in a right way. She is picking up chips while the oldest boy is holding baby sister. He is waiting his turn to play see-saw. Do you see the neighbor children in the distance? They are playing near their home, and seem to be enjoying themselves, too.
You may be very thankful if your parents have taught you to play at home, and have not allowed you to wander away with other children for hours at a time. Satan is ever ready to get little people, as well as grown up people, into evil. God blesses the children that listen to father and mother, and who do not choose to spend their holidays and playtime out of their parents’ sight.
This watchful care of your parents is but a faint picture of God’s love and care over you by night as well as by day. “He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” Psa. 121. Remember this, you may be some place where father nor mother can see you, but God sees you, and cares for you. It is when we realize how much God loves us, that we are lead to love Him. His love cannot be measured: the gift of His only Son, Jesus, proves this to us. What goodness God shows to care so for us! “Despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?” Rom. 2:4,4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (Romans 2:4)
Messages of God’s Love 6/22/1913