CHARLIE and Leona were spending a day with their Aunt Emily, who had a very large garden and orchard, with many little nooks and corners which the children declared were capital places for hide-and-seek.
After dinner they played their favorite game, and there was much fun and laughing, for as there were so many hiding-places they did not easily find each other, so were all the merrier when they met. The afternoon quickly passed and they were greatly surprised when tea was ready, which was served in the summer house; and as a “treat” Aunt Emily gave them strawberries and cream with their bread and butter, so altogether it was a pleasant time.
Auntie enjoyed hearing their fun and asked if they had heard of that beautiful verse in the Word of God which says,
“A Man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest”? Isa. 32:2.
As the little ones were so interested in it, she explained its meaning, that Christ Jesus as the hiding-place from judgment, and the shelter in the time of trouble. he was the only true and safe hiding-place, and there is none other who can give such refuge and safety from the wiles and temptations of the devil, and forgive every sin, save Jesus; for He came to earth to provide a hiding-place for everyone.
Those who believe on are sheltered by His Blood, so freely shed on Calvary, that we might approach to God by the new and living way which He has prepared for us. God has promised that those who believe and serve Christ are safe forever more.
ML 10/03/1937