Memory Verse: “Our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.” 1 Thessalonians 5:9,109For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. (1 Thessalonians 5:9‑10)
Bobby’s favorite Sunday school chorus was
“This little light of mine,
I’m going to let it shine...”
It seemed that he was always singing it. He was an active, wide-eyed six-year-old.
One Sunday Bobby told his Sunday school teacher he had opened his heart to the Lord Jesus, and He had come in to dwell there. From that time on he listened more carefully. Several times he pleaded with his mother to go with him to the gospel service, but she would always make some excuse. Often his mother could hear him telling his friends about Jesus and teaching them gospel songs.
One day Bobby said to his mother, “Do you know what I’m going to be when I’m a big man?”
“What are you going to be, Bobby?”
“I’m going to be a missionary and tell people about Jesus. You know, Mom, when you die, if you have Jesus in your heart, you’ll go up to heaven.” Then lowering his voice he said, “But if you die without Jesus, you’ll go down there,” and he pointed downward.
Still his mother would not listen. She put him off with a short answer.
One morning Bobby said to his mother,
“You know, Mom, I’d like to go to heaven and see the Lord!”
“Bobby,” she replied, “you shouldn’t talk that way. I don’t like it.”
“Why, Mom?” he said. “I’m not afraid, ‘cause Jesus is in my heart.”
Little did they realize that before the day was over, little Bobby would be with Jesus, whom he had learned to love so much in his short life.
The boys were getting their baths before going to bed. One of the older boys was in the bathtub, so Bobby was taking his bath in the large laundry sink. His mother was ironing close by. She left the room for a moment to check on the older boy, when Bobby, reaching across for a towel, accidentally knocked the electric iron into the water. Little Bobby was electrocuted and died instantly!
In robes of white, o’er the street of gold,
Beneath a cloudless sky,
They’ll walk in the light of their Father’s smile;
But will you be there, and I?
ML-01/20/1980