Once upon a time, our Eskimo Lady was a happy little girl. She wore a little fur snowsuit and hood, and warm soft moccasin boots. She played and tumbled in the cold snowy Northland, as happy as any little girl could be. Then she crept through the low doorway of her father’s little snow igloo, and slept snugly all the long on a bed of ice.
She is an old lady now, a grandmother too, and her happy childhood is gone away, just as yours will go some day. She does not look happy now, and I wonder if it is because she does not know Jesus. The love of Jesus makes people happier as they grow older.
She can tell you how the trade began with white men, and how she learned to lay aside her garments made of skirts and put on the dross; and shawl from the busy factories of the south, She can show you how her little grandchildren play with the white man’s rubber ball, but I wonder if she can tell you that she is soon going to live with Jesus in heaven.
Her sad old face is full of memories, as every old lady’s is, but can she remember with joy the happy day when she learned that the blessed Lord Jesus loved her? That would make her happy even in the times of sorrow.
My young reader, if you live long enough you will be an old lady or an old man someday. There is nothing in all the world that can give you lasting happiness, but a great deal that can make you miserable and lonely. But if you love the blessed Lord Jesus, then the older you grow, the nearer you are to living with Him forever and ever.
Do you love Jesus? There is every reason why you should. If you read of His atoning death and of His resurrection you will find that He is just the Saviour you need. If you read of His life, you will find that He is altogether lovely, the Friend of sinners, the One who understands and can fill the need of every heart.
Do you love Jesus? Let us close with a very solemn verse from God’s Word:
ML 01/14/1951