HERE some boys have been throwing up stones at the dear little birds, and some of them have fallen into the nest and broken the eggs and broken down one side of the nest. Little did they think of what it would mean to these birds to have their eggs broken, and their nice little home that they had taken so much pains to build, ruined in a moment of time. The thoughtlessness of the boys brought about a great deal of trouble, and their idle hands gave an opportunity to show out the mischief in their hearts.
May each reader seek to take a lesson from this in two ways: first, that there is evil in the heart; second, that idle hands give the opportunity to show what it contains, and therefore sorrow and suffering are the result.
I think we all may see what a hateful thing sin is, whether in breaking up birds’ nests, or in other wrong ways. And if hateful to us, what must sin be in the sight of a Holy God! Well may we praise and thank God that He has, in love, provided a Saviour for us, so that we can approach Him through Christ and His finished work, knowing that all our sins are atoned for by Him. Then the desire is to please Him in all our ways, and to tell others of Jesus, the only One through whom we can come to God.
ML 08/17/1924