JINNY was only a little African girl, but she loved the Lord Jesus and was willing to suffer persecution for His sake, if needs be. Jinny was the name she chose when she was baptized.
One day she staggered into the mission station, her little feet swollen and blistered, and nearly fainting with weariness. In her arms she carried her little brother, just three years younger than herself. He had met with an accident, and his little feet were so diseased that he must lose them both. When his parents saw that he would never walk again, they decided to throw him out in the jungle to die.
When Jinny overheard the fate of her little brother being discussed, she determined to save him if she could.
At dead of night she stole out of the family hut, tenderly carrying the injured boy in her arms. For seven long miles she carried him through the bush, until at last she reached the mission station where free medical aid was given. She knew the white man would do all he could for her little brother, if she could only get him there.
What a brave little girl she was! Undaunted by the terrors of the jungles at night, for her trust in God had taken away her fear of evil spirits, she had gone steadily on, determined not to give in.
Wonderingly, the white missionary looked at the frail little girl who had brought her little brother to him just in time to save his life. “Wasn’t it too much for you to carry him so far?” he asked. “Wasn’t he too heavy for you?”
Jinny looked up into his face, the light of love shining in her eyes.
“He’s my brother,” was her simple reply. So great was her love that nothing was too much for her to do in order to try and save him.
Dear little Jinny! How like her Saviour she was! “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” 1 John 3:1616Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (1 John 3:16).
ML-09/05/1971