THERE WAS once an old lady who lived alone in a little cottage by the side of the road. She was all alone, but she knew the Lord as her Saviour and her needs were supplied day by day by that gracious hand that feeds even the little sparrows. She ever acknowledged Him as the Giver, whatever or whoever the instrument might be, for she would always say, "The Lord has sent it."
One day some bad young boys of the village thought they would have some fun at the old lady's expense. Climbing onto the roof of her cottage they threw a loaf of bread down her chimney. A little later they appeared at her front door and asked how she was getting on.
"The Lord has sent me a loaf of bread," she told them. The boys laughed and said, "That wasn't the Lord; it was we who put that loaf of bread in your chimney."
"Well," she replied, "I am sure the Lord sent it, even if the devil brought it."
How true it is as the poet has said, "When the Lord's people have need,
His goodness will find out a way!"
Messages of the Love of God 11/30/1975