Mother was busy baking cookies. Timmy and Russell were watching her with angry eyes; they looked so tempting. Mother gave them the broken ones and put the others in the cookie jar on the shelf.
“That’s all for now, boys,” said Mother. “Run and play outside while I take a little nap. Remember, no more cookies!”
Mother had had her nap and was coming downstairs when she thought she heard the scampering of feet. But when she entered the kitchen, there was no one around. She did not think there was anything wrong until she noticed a towel hanging over a picture on the wall. On the picture a Scripture text was printed. Then the truth flashed into her mind.
Timmy and Russell had been naughty and had disobeyed her. They had crept softly into the kitchen and had gotten into the cookie jar. But the picture text condemned them, and they had hung a towel over it while they stole the cookies.
Mother was sad to think the boys had disobeyed her, for she loved them, and she had to punish them for their sin. The boys were sorry too, but they learned a lesson that day they did not forget. The Lord sees all we do. We cannot hide from Him. How wonderful that He has died to put away sin, and those who believe on Him as Saviour can say He has Himself borne “our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:2424Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24).)
ML-04/22/1979