POOR little girl! she has dropped her doll, and the head has come off. That is not much to cry over, nevertheless, it has hurt her feelings so badly that she could not help crying, and dear brother sympathizes with her.
One is reminded that this is the way the Lord Jesus has acted toward us. He was in no trouble Himself, but He saw what great trouble we were in, through our sins, and His heart was moved with compassion towards us, so He went to the extent of giving up His glorious home above, where He was ever dwelling with the Father, and He came into this world of sin where He had no home, and where He was hated, shamefully treated, and finally He went to the cross in love for us to bear the awful penalty for sins, so that our dreadful condition could be met, and we could be saved. Who has loved us as He has? Who is so high and so holy as He, and who so competent and willing to save us as He?
Do you respond to such sympathy and love, and praise Him and thank Him for having so thought of you?
He is worthy of all praise, and if we love Him, we will seek to please Him in all our ways.
ML-08/01/1920