WHAT’S old puss doing with the little kit in her mouth? Do you think she is hurting her? Oh, no! Notice how she very carefully holds a little bit of the skin between her teeth. She does not take hold of the flesh or kitty would cry. And she never takes kitty up by the ear, or tail, or someplace where it would hurt her. Love teaches her how to carry her little one without hurting her. Look at little kitty— how meek and quiet she is! She has no thought of crying or of struggling; she is just yielding herself up to be carried and cared for by her mother.
It would be well if little boys and girls would learn a lesson from this; that is to yield quietly and cheerfully to your parents’ wishes. They love you, and are caring for you, and they know much better than you do what is for your good.
There is a still deeper lesson for all who are Christians. God loves you and
His care is over you, and you should be in His hand as clay in the hands of the potter. What can the clay do? Nothing 1 It is the potter who shapes and moulds it as he wishes. Oh! may you yield yourselves fully unto God whose wish and whose purpose is to conform you to the image of His Son. How beautiful and wonderful the outcome will be! Do not then resist. Lie passive in His hand.
ML 03/16/1902