“GOODBYE, GRANDMA! Come again soon!”
Those of us who have grandmothers and grandfathers know how nice it is to have them come for a visit. The stories they can tell of “the old days” are so interesting and they have time to play games which a busy mother and father cannot always take time for. But soon the visiting time is over and the grandparents get ready to go back to their own home.
So it was that way at our house one time. The luggage was all packed, the car was loaded and off went Mother, Grandma and the children to the railroad station. In a few minutes the train came in with a roar and many folks scurried about, hurrying to get to the proper car.
Grandma took one suitcase and Mother took the other one, and both quickly got on the train. But before Mother could kiss Grandma good-by, the train started to move. Faster and faster it went and there was no possibility of jumping off now. The little girls standing on the platform, happily waving and throwing kisses, suddenly were left alone. Their own mother had been carried away on the train.
I don’t know what those little girls thought just then but I know I would have been heartsick and terribly frightened. What could little girls do to find their way home? And no one would be there anyway.
But the reason I tell you this true story is because little children need a Saviour, for otherwise they cannot go to heaven when Jesus comes. The Lord Jesus is coming soon to take away all who trust in Him and those who have no Saviour will be left bind.
I know that when the Lord Jesus comes again He is going to take me for my sins have been washed away in His blood. I am so glad that many years ago I knelt down by my bed and just quietly told Him that I knew I was a sinner but that I wanted to be saved. And He saved me right then. You can be saved right now, too, if you will take Jesus as your Saviour.
Probably you are wondering about those little girls that were left at the railroad station. It wasn’t long until they were reunited with their mother. The train stopped at another station about five miles away and she took a taxicab back to them from there.
ML-07/14/1963