HOW intelligent the little dog in our picture looks. He is watching over the baby while she sleeps, and I am sure he would take good care of her if anything should try to harm her.
I wonder how many children can think of someone who watches over us whether we wake or sleep. Some may say, mother. That is true, in a way. A mother’s care is very tender and constant, but there is One who takes care of us and preserves us from dangers, when mother or father would be powerless to help us. That one is God. He never slumbers nor sleeps, but is ever caring for His own.
But how sad mother would feel if she saw that, even with all her loving care, you were always afraid and did not trust her. So it is with God. He loves to have little children trust Him perfectly. And why should we not trust Him?
Cannot God who made the worlds, Who gave us life, and what is more, Who gave His only begotten Son: to die for us that we might be saved for all eternity, I say, cannot this same One preserve and order for us the little while He leaves us in this world?
“O! to trust Him then more fully,
Just to simply move
In the conscious, calm enjoyment
Of the Father’s love.”
ML 06/02/1918