Jesus said: “Suffer the little children to come unto Me.”
Mother was putting her little ones to bed and, as was her usual custom, she talked about the Lord Jesus. “Perhaps the Lord Jesus will come tonight,” she said, “and if He does, I hope you will not be left behind, Mary.”
Little Mary, just six years old, said, “I’m not sure, Mother.”
“But,” said Mother, “you can be sure, Mary, if the Lord Jesus has washed away your sins in His precious blood. Have you never asked Him to do it?”
“No, I haven’t,” said Mary, and added, “will you and Frances go out of the room, please?”
So Mother and Frances went into the bathroom to wash. Presently Mary called, “You may come back now.” And with a happy face she told them that she had just been asking the Lord Jesus to wash her sins away and to make her whiter than snow.
The next evening, at family reading Daddy said, “If the Lord Jesus were to come tonight, Mary, would you be ready to go?”
“Oh yes,” Mary replied quickly, “I’m ready, Daddy.”
“And how do you know, Mary?” asked Daddy.
“Because I got saved last night. I asked the Lord Jesus to wash my sins away, and so I know I’m ready to go when He comes.”
ML-04/22/1979