HOW many beautiful and luscious fruits God has given us to eat and enjoy! He is constantly giving us blessings in abundance through His love and mercy to us, and let us not forget to thank Him for them all.
The little girl thinks the beautiful cherries would look pretty for earrings, though God has not given them to us to adorn ourselves, but to be used for food.
Dear children, count up each day all the blessings which you receive from God—food, light, air, clothing, comforts in your home, kind parents and friends, and may you say, as David did, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” Psa. 103:22Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: (Psalm 103:2).
While we thank Him for all the gifts which He gives us every day, let us not forget to thank Him from the depths of our hearts for His greater gift, His best gift, the Lord Jesus Christ, His beloved Son, the One He gave to die, for us that we might be saved and live with Him Forever.
O, dear children, have you received from God this wondrous gift? Do you know the Lord Jesus as your Savior? If not, take Him now while He is offered to you, for soon God will offer Him as a Savior no longer. He will soon be the Judge whom God has appointed to judge the world in righteousness. Then no mercy will be shown to those who have rejected Him.
ML-06/06/1920