One day a young man named John heard his dog barking excitedly. He looked outside to see what was so exciting. In the farmer’s field next to his house he could see the dog digging in the soft dirt. He would dig for a while and then stop and bark. John thought at first that his dog had found a bone or maybe a gopher hole.
He walked across the field to see what his dog had found. As he came close to the spot, he saw what looked like the arms and legs of a doll. But how would a doll get way out here? Why would someone bury a doll so far from home? Maybe the farmer’s little girl had left it out here while she was with her daddy in the field.
Still watching, he suddenly thought he saw one of the arms move! He ran towards the dog and shouted for it to get away. Picking up the “doll,” he found it to be a tiny baby girl, covered with dirt, but still alive. She looked like she was only a few hours old. “Who could have brought her here and covered her with dirt?” he wondered.
“Now what should I do?” he asked himself. Holding the baby tightly, he ran back to his house and called the police, telling them what he had found. The policeman told John to wait right there for the ambulance which he would send out. As John waited, he gently wiped off the dirt. He could see scratches on the baby’s legs from the dog. “I hope the ambulance hurries,” he thought as he waited. When they arrived he told them what he knew.
“The mother must not have wanted her baby,” said the policeman as he examined the baby, “and so she buried her alive.” They took her to the hospital where they cleaned off all the dirt and treated her scratches. Soon she was in a little crib in the nursery where she got the best care possible.
The police immediately started a search for the mother, but could not find her. The baby was cared for in the hospital until she was placed in a foster home. Soon after, she was adopted by a family who loved the Lord Jesus.
The Lord Jesus cared for the motherless little baby girl and was watching over her. She was rescued and given love and care at the hospital and then given the best home that could be found. She grew up to be a happy little Christian girl, loving the Lord Jesus with all her heart.
ML-12/05/1982