In Japan one day a lady went into a bake shop to buy some cakes and buns. While waiting to be served she saw that instead of wallpaper the walls were covered with leaves from the Bible. This was so strange that she asked the old woman who operated the shop how that came about.
The old lady told her that one day while passing by a book shop, she saw a pile of papers which had been thrown away. As her shop needed papering, she thought this was just the thing, so she took some of the papers home and pasted them over the walls.
One evening her little grandson came in and began reading aloud from the paper on the wall. The old woman was so interested in what she heard that she listened eagerly, and got all who could read to read it to her.
One day a young man came who asked her if she understood it, and whether she was a Christian.
She told him how much she enjoyed hearing it, but she did not understand it much; so he promised to take her to a gospel service the next day. After this she attended regularly and became an earnest Christian. She now keeps a stock of tracts in her little shop and into every bag of cakes and buns she drops a messenger of the grace of God.
When Peter meant his best, he found out what a wicked heart he had. When he did his worst, he found out what a blessed heart Christ had.
ML-09/24/1978