Who is your best friend, Richard?” a father asked his boy one day. “Do you mean anywhere, or just in the world?” replied Richard.
“Anywhere,” said his father.
“Jesus,” was Richard’s prompt reply, “but in the world, it’s Mummy.”
Jesus is your best friend, dear reader. Listen to His words, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:1313Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13). But the Lord Jesus had a greater love even than this, for He laid down His life for His enemies.
This reminds me of another story of a young man who was badly wounded in a battle fought. Many years ago between the Northern. and Southern States. He was so badly hurt that no one was able to see or talk to him. His mother, on hearing the news, started on her way to see her boy. Stopped at the gate of the hospital by a guard, she pleaded for entry and finally was allowed through. On entering the ward, she was stopped by the nurse, but again her mother-love would not be stopped. She asked if she might just look at her boy, not even speak to him. She went to his bedside and, looking down at him, she could see that his eyes were closed, and that he was in great pain. Her motherly love led her to put out her hand and touch his head. Immediately he spoke and said, “Mother.” He knew her touch.
Dear reader, has a greater love touched you? Has the love of Christ touched your heart? Has His pierced hand touched you and given you life, that eternal life which is only found in Christ, through the finished work He accomplished for sinners on the cross?
ML 02/05/1950