HAS she brought me anything? asked a little girl of four summers when she was told of the return of a much-loved friend; but hardly had the words passed from her lips, ere she added, “O! but that doesn’t matter, because she is better than anything she brings.”
The presence of the person was better than any gift.
Can we who are saved say of the Lord Jesus the Saviour: He is better than His choicest gifts? Everything He gives is to be received with thanksgiving, but He Himself is worthy to be “better” to us than all besides.
Many value “salvation,” and forget the “Saviour.” May we be enabled to remember Him through whom all blessing comes to us, and to live for His glory.
ML 03/25/1917