Many years ago there were very few Bibles arid only the rich people could afford to buy one. The parents of a little girl in Wales did not have a Bible, nor did their neighbors, and the nearest one was at a house some miles away over the hills. Every week this faithful little girl would walk there and back to learn her text for Sunday school.
One week when asked by her teacher why she had riot learned her text she said, “Please, sir, the weather was very bad.”
“Very true,” said her teacher, “but what has that to do with learning your verse?”
He was much surprised to hear that she had walked so far each week to learn her text. Bible are not scarce now and nearly every home has one or several, but how few value them as this girl did!
The Bible, you know, is a message from God to you, and He expects you to read it. It tells of His love to you in sending His Son Jesus into this world to die for sinners. But unless you read His message and believe that Jesus died for you, and bore your punishment when He suffered on the cross, you will not get the blessing He longs to give you. Do take Him as your Saviour while it is still the day of His grace.
“Read your Bible, read it through and through,
“Read your Bible, see what God can do;
He can save you, bless and keep you too,
If you’ll only trust Him He’ll do this for you.”
ML 07/09/1950