She Didn't Want Him - At First!

From: Messages of God's Love: 1973

• 1 min. read • grade level: 6

“AND TO think that at first I didn’t want him!” sighed Mrs. Mascarella, with tears in her eyes, as she looked at the lifeless form of Jiggs — a little mongrel dog she had made a friend of a few weeks before.

Jiggs was found dead beside Lucy’s bed. Lucy was the youngest of seven children who were aroused by Jiggs when the house caught fire. Jiggs first aroused Mrs. Mascarella, and then each of the seven children. They all escaped but poor Jiggs.

Yet the honest confession about the dog who saved them was one of dislike, for Jiggs was only a poor, stray, mongrel dog.

How many today dislike the lowly name of Jesus and speak of Him with scorn! Yet He is the One who died upon the Cross to save sinners from the judgment of God against their sins. Jesus is the only Saviour — the only Refuge from the coming storm — our Deliverer from the wrath to come (1 Thess. 1:10¹⁰And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. (1 Thessalonians 1:10).)

How are you treating this blessed Saviour, dear boy or girl?

“He is despised and rejected of men;... But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” Isa. 53:3,5³He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isaiah 53:3)
⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5).

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.” Heb. 9:27,28²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: ²⁸So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:27‑28).

Memory Verse: “BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.” John 1:29²⁹The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

ML-09/02/1973

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