One summer day little Jen was playing in a field making a clover necklace.
Suddenly she heard Daddy’s voice call out to her: “Be perfectly quiet, Jen, and do not move!” Scared as she was she obeyed and sat there motionless.
A moment later a shot rang out. Turning her head she looked around and there she saw a large rattlesnake coiled near her. Had she moved doubtless the poisonous snake would have struck her bore her father could have shot it. Obedience saved her life. Little Jen never forgot that experience, and ever after she was glad she had learned to obey.
The Lord tells us in His Word that obedience and happiness go together. “To obey is better than sacrifice.” I Sam. 15:22.
ML-05/30/1976