At one of our sea-side services, a lady told me this story of one of her little boys.
One day after tea the lady showed him pictures, and told him nice stories, and then played on the piano, as he was very fond of music, and he thoroughly enjoyed himself. After all the stories had been exhausted, and several hymns had been played, the lady began to play the beautiful hymn beginning:
“I’m thinking of my sins,
What wicked things I’ve done,
How very naughty I have been,
Although I am so young.
But before many verses had been played, Georgie said,
“Please play something else. I don’t like that one.”
“Why not, Georgie?”
“Well, it is not very comfortable to think about your sins.”
“But have you any sins, then?” “O, yes, lots,”
“And what do you do with your sins, Georgie?”
“Why, I always try to forget them as soon as I can!”
This little boy tried to cover up his sins with forgetfulness. But no kind of covering will be of the slightest use, for “he that covereth his sins shall not prosper” Prov. 28:1313He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13). We cannot possibly cover our own sins. God alone can and will cover them with the precious Blood of Jesus, which cleanseth from all sin, if we look to Him. Instead of forgetting, come to Jesus confessing your sins, when He will receive, pardon, and blot them out.
ML 08/04/1946