Mother!” has gone out to call upon a neighbor. Her little daughter has just come home from school, and not finding her mother, has begun to search for her, and is almost in tears at not finding her at once. With “mother” she is content. Without her she is restless and anxious. She feels she needs mother at every turn and cannot settle to anything while she is away.
And so it is with the Christian and his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The believer cannot get on without Him. He needs Him every day, and all the way, and nothing goes right unless he has the sense of His presence. With Him there is safety and peace. With Him we need have no fear of darkness or distress or death. He is always able to meet every difficulty.
A little girl was talking with a Christian friend. Among other things she told her she was not afraid to die.
“Why?” she was asked.
“He died for us.”
“He died for sinners,” her friend remarked. Looking up earnestly, she replied,
“I’m a sinner, O, yes! I’m a sinner, but He forgives. Sometimes I think He is standing, beside me.”
What a comfort it is to know His heart of love that is ever ready to bless. And He never leaves His loved ones. He always stands by their side to hold them up. He has said,
“I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.”
So we may put our feeble hand in His mighty one, and know that He will carry us through.
ML 01/24/1943