There was a loud splash, and I discovered that a baby rabbit had fallen into the stream. He was such a little fellow, and he would soon drown. So I jumped into the stream, shoes and all, and lifted the tiny little thing out of the water. His little heart was beating wildly and his body trembled with shock and fear.
There was a stirring in the hedge as a mother rabbit came out from beneath some bushes. She was worried about her baby, and her eyes were fixed on me. He was so cold that his little body was shivering, so I put him inside my coat to help him get warm.
I wiped his wet little furry coat till his eyes opened. All the time the anxious mother watched me without even blinking an eyelid.
At last the little fellow was feeling fit again, and wanted to be free. I placed him on the grass and walked away. In a few moments his mother was by his side fondling him.
I went on my way and thought about how the baby rabbit had strayed where he should not have gone. I thought of someone who loved him and rescued him. I thought, too, that many people are like that young bunny, and have strayed away into wrong places, even in places of real danger.
But God loves them. He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus, into this world to rescue them. The Lord Jesus said that He came into this world “to seek and to save that which was lost.” He came to save you and me, dear reader. Won’t you have Him?
Childhood Days
ML-06/18/1978