CARRIE was a happy country girl, with a pair of black, sparkling eyes and bushy hair. She attended a Sunday school held by a Christian lady, who told the little children the story of Jesus and His love.
One day Carrie came to the school downcast and sad. The kind teacher took the little girl apart from the other children, and said to her,
“My dear Carrie, you look very sad today. What is the matter with you?”
The little girl looked up mournfully in her face and said,
“O, teacher, I was wondering. Whether Jesus cares for me or not—do you think He does?” asked the little girl, the tears coming to her eyes.
“Yes, Carrie, Jesus loves you. Did He not come down from His happy home to show His love for sinners? And did He not say, when He was down here, ‘Suffer little children to come unto Me?’ How, then, can you doubt whether He loves you? Can you repeat the verse that tells you so, Carrie?” Carrie repeated the verse slowly, which she had learned,
“Well, Carrie, who do you think that means, you or me? Is it big folks like me, or little ones like you He invites?” The little girl clapped her hands with delight, and said,
“It’s for me, teacher, and not for you; for you are not a child; it’s for me, for me! Jesus loves me! I know it now!” From that day Carrie believed that the Lord Jesus loved her, and she loved Him in return.
Now, if this little girl was so anxious to know if the Lord Jesus loved her, why should not you? Perhaps you have often sung:
“Jesus loves me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.”
Well, then, let me ask you, Have you, like Carrie, believed the glad tidings and received His love into your heart? Have you said, “It’s for me, for me!” and come to Him trusting His love, and accepting Him as your own and only Saviour? If you have you will love Him in return, and follow Him, saying,
“I love Him, because He first loved me.”
ML 04/25/1937