Kathy got a wonderful birthday present—a playful little kitten which she named Sparkle. Kathy loved her new kitty even though sometimes it got into things that it should not. One of these things was Mother’s yarn. Sparkle loved to play with the ball of yarn when Mother was knitting. Mrs. O’Riley, Kathy’s mother, would scold her and put her into another room.
One afternoon Mrs. O’Riley was busy in the kitchen. Sparkle quietly crept into the sewing room and found the yarn. Soon the big ball of yarn was rolling around the room with Sparkle chasing it and pouncing on it. The yarn unwound and before long it was all over the floor.
I’m sure you know what happened next—Sparkle got all tangled up in the yarn. She tried to get loose, but only got more tangled up. She could not get herself free.
Mrs. O’Riley heard the noise in the sewing room and came in to see what was going on. And what did she see? Not Sparkle, because she was hiding under a chair. But Mrs. O’Riley knew what had happened. She saw the mess all over the floor—tangled yarn that disappeared under the chair. Would she help kitty?
Each one of us is something like this naughty kitten. We are sinners because we have done things that are wrong. We have gotten tangled up in sin, just like Sparkle got tangled up in the yarn. Sometimes we try our best, but we cannot free ourselves from our sins. Can anyone help us?
Mrs. O’Riley still loved naughty Sparkle. She carefully cut the yarn that was tangled around her. Then Sparkle was free.
God still loves you, too. He wants to free you from the tangle of sin. The Bible tells us God sent His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, into the world. But it was not just His coming into this world that will free us from our sins. He died on the cross and was pushed, not for anything that He had done, but for sinners like you and me.
Will you accept Him as your Saviour? If you know that you are a sinner and know that you cannot help yourself, then the Lord Jesus is waiting to help you. He loves you and wants to free you from your sin and make you His child.
A kitten would be a nice gift for almost any child. But God’s gift, the Lord Jesus Christ, is far better than any gift that we can ever have. Won’t you accept this wonderful gift from God?
ML-06/13/1982