The sight of the fresh-baked pie on the table is too much for little Winnie. Perhaps she only intends to touch it. But one bad step leads to another. Soon she will be putting her little fingers into the pie and tasting it. And so when Mother comes home she will have to punish the little girl she loves.
The Lord Jesus has told us to “Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation.” Matt 26:41.
Mother baked the pie for Winnie and her Daddy anyway, so how much better it would be to take it from Mother’s loving hands, instead of taking it herself. And how much better for us all to wait for the Lord Jesus to put into our hands those things He wants us to have.
ML-10/04/1970