Dear Children,
Hello again from Gramma and Grampa. We are happy to write to you again and tell you that we spent a little time up north at our favorite campground. It is named Finlayson Point Park. A North American Indian named Grey Owl was the first person to camp there many years ago.
While we were sitting by the dock one sunny morning, we were watching a young boy catching fish. He was very good at catching fish. He is eight years old, and his name is Joshua. One fish he caught was too small to keep. When he pulled it in, the fish fell off the hook! The fish started flip-flopping all over the dock, trying to get back into the water. This little fish needed help and Josh was trying real hard to help it, but the fish didn’t understand what Josh was trying to do.
Why did that fish bite the hook in the first place? Because there was a fat, juicy worm hiding that hook, but the fish didn’t know it. As soon as the fish bit the worm, he was caught!
Children, Gramma and I would like to warn you about the one who is our deadly enemy. The Holy Bible calls him Satan, and he is the father of lies! Look in your Bible at John 8:4444Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44) to see what the Lord Jesus Christ says about him. Satan has many hooks out there, trying to make us do what is wrong. He will whisper in your ear, “Go ahead . . . do it” or “Go ahead . . . try it” or “Come on, nobody will ever see you.” And then there is the terrible temptation to try drugs. And when we listen to Satan and do what he tells us, it is sin.
Satan will not tell you that the Bible says, “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good” (Proverbs 15:33The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Proverbs 15:3)). No, he will not tell you this, because he hates the Word of God! If you are not sure what to do, ask your parents or your Sunday school teacher, and stay away from strangers! Remember, Satan teaches you how to sin, and sin will keep you out of heaven! The Bible says in Ezekiel 18:44Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. (Ezekiel 18:4), “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” But the Bible also has good news. It says in 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7), “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” And John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) says, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
“Grampa, what about Josh and the flip-flopping fish?”
Well, finally Josh was able to pick up that fish and gently put it back into the water, and in a flash . . . that fish was gone! It was so happy to be free! And all three of us, Josh, Gramma and I, were very happy to see that little fish swim free too!
So, children, beware of Satan’s hidden hooks that will cause you to sin. Every morning when you get up, ask the Lord Jesus to help you do what is right and what will please Him.
Lots of love,
Gramma and Grampa
ML-06/10/2007