“Am I too little?” asked little Deena after the talk to the hobby class children was over. Most of the children had gone into the next room for cookies and juice, but Deena stood right in front of me. She looked at me, waiting for me to answer.
“Too little for what?” I asked, not knowing just what she meant by her question.
Her head dropped, and she looked down at the floor. I continued since she seemed too shy to answer my question, “You’re not too little to come to the hobby class. We like to have little girls here.”
Deena still stood looking down as if her question had not been answered. Then as she raised her head I could see that her eyes were filled with tears. She asked, “But am I too little to be saved?”
I picked her up and wiped her tears. Then we sat down on some nearby chairs.
“No, Deena,” I answered, “you are not too little to be saved. It was about children just your age that the Lord Jesus said, ‘Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God’ " (Mark 10:1414But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)). Then I slowly and simply explained to her the story of the love of Jesus and how gladly He receives and saves anyone, even little children, who will accept Him as Saviour.
When we finished talking and praying, she was a happy little girl. She had some juice and cookies and said to me as she left the room, “I’m going to tell Mommy that Jesus died for me, and I can go to heaven now because I’m saved!”
Wasn’t that a nice confession? But there is more. The next week she came to the hobby class bringing another little girl with her. Deena brought her friend right up to me and said, “Ann wants to be saved, too.” Yes, Deena had both believed in her heart and confessed with her mouth (Rom. 10:99That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9)) that the Lord Jesus had saved her. Her joy was so great that it attracted others, just like a magnet, to the Saviour.
ML-11/20/1983