Young Cathie was enjoying the swinging chair and the beautiful sunny day with a very special friend. He was an older man who loved little children. His name was Mr. Bailer, and he had traveled all the way from England across the ocean to Nova Scotia.
Cathie loved to listen to her friend talk. He told so many interesting stories and he talked with an English accent! Most of all, though, Mr. Bailer loved the Lord Jesus Christ and wanted to make sure his little friend Cathie was saved from her sins and on her way to heaven. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)). “Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts [commands]: so shall I talk of Thy wondrous works” (Psalm 119:2727Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. (Psalm 119:27)).
As the two were swinging in the sunshine, they noticed the big granite rock wall beside the swing. Back and forth they went, and the rocks in the granite wall sparkled brightly in the sunshine. Cathie looked at Mr. Bailer and said, “Look at all the gold in those rocks over there. I bet that gold would be worth lots and lots of money!”
Mr. Bailer chuckled, for he sometimes found his young friend’s comments very amusing. He knew that the rock only looked like gold. He then asked Cathie to sing a little Sunday school song with him. Maybe you sing it too. The chorus goes like this:
“Oh, yes, oh, yes, there’s
something more,
Something more than gold:
To know your sins are all forgiven,
And that you’re on your way
to heaven,
Is something more than gold.”
Mr. Bailer was showing Cathie that there was something far more important than gold - even real gold! Cathie will never forget the lesson she learned that day as she swung back and forth on the swinging chair in the beautiful, bright sunshine.
Someday she will be in a brighter land - HEAVEN where Jesus is! Mr. Bailer is already there with Jesus. And although this world thought he was poor, Cathie knows he was rich! He had something worth far more than gold! “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:2121For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)).
ML-08/20/2000