“Jesus loves me this I know, For the Bible tells me so!”
Little Mary was playing happily on the doorstep, singing her favorite hymn. All of a sudden she stopped singing and sat quietly thinking.
“Mother,” she called; “can I have a needle and thread?”
“Why yes, dear! But what do you want a needle and thread for?”
“Oh I have to sew!” answered little Mary.
A few minutes later when mother peeked at her little daughter, she saw her busy with her sewing, her little fingers clumsily trying to do their best. As she worked she was still singing her song to herself: Jesus loves me this I know, For the Bible tells me so!”
“You are such a busy little girl today,” said Mother smiling.
“Yes,” answered Mary. “I have to sew because the Bible tells me sew,” and again she sang the line of her little hymn to explain it to Mother.
Perhaps you are smiling at little May’s mistake, but I wonder if we are as anxious to do what the Bible says as Mary was even though she was mistaken?
Here are some of the things the Bible tells us to do:
“Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong,
They are weak but He is strong.”
ML-02/12/1978