I can’t do it. It just won’t come right.” Did you ever feel like that? That is the way Carl’s mother felt, as she struggled over the pockets of a new coat which she was making. She could sew very nicely, but the pockets seemed impossible. Perhaps Joyce’s mother could help, so she took her problem across the road to her friend.
The two ladies puzzled over that knotty problem half the afternoon, and Joyce’s mother was also ready to say, “I can’t do it. It just won’t come right.” There was no more time to spare, so Carl’s mother went home, leaving the coat with her neighbor.
Now Joyce’s mother had a Friend, to whom she could go with every problem, big and little. This Friend was never too busy to listen, and He never found a problem too hard. So Mother and Joyce knelt down together by the unfinished coat, and asked the One who is perfect in wisdom, to solve this difficulty, and make the pockets come right. Then, with a little more work, they turned out perfectly.
Would you not like to have a Friend like that? I know you would. His name is Jesus, the Lord Jesus, the high and holy One, who listens to the prayer of a contrite and humble heart. He has proven His loving interest in us by going to the cross of Calvary to die for our sins. His love is more precious than gold, and His ear is open to your cry.
But you see, it is the prayer of the contrite and humble heart, that the Lord Jesus loves to answer. If it comes from the heart, then you love Him, for that is what your heart is for!
When Carl’s mother came back, she was astonished to see her work perfectly done of course she did not know the secret. But Joyce’s mother was able to tell her about the Lord Jesus, our Saviour and Friend who had helped her to do it. I think Carl’s mother will not forget that answered prayer, and I hope you will not forget it either. Jesus loves you. Do you love Him?
“What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear,
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer.”
ML 02/28/1954