Little Patsy was walking along with her father on the cliffs. She had been running about gathering flowers, and playing with her brothers and sister. They had all left her, and she stood with her father as they watched the sun set over the sea. It looked like a huge ball of fire, and as it appeared to dip into the water she exclaimed, “Isn’t it wonderful! It is just like fire. I wonder whether this earth will look like that at the end of the world. I don’t like to think about that time. It’s so dreadful to know that this world is going to be burned up, and everything in it. I hope I shall die before that happens.”
“My dear little Patsy,” said her father, “I have something better than that to tell you. All those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will be with Him before that time. He is coming first to take His own people away bore the dreadful judgments fall upon this poor world; and if you are really one of His own, you need not fear the coming judgments, for you will be in the glory with Himself—safe in His keeping.”
“Oh! I am so glad, for I do belong to Him, but I didn’t know before that He was coming for me before the end of the world. I thought that all who were alive then would be burned up, and that the believers would go to heaven, and the unbelievers to hell. But it is very nice to know that Jesus is going to call us home to be with Himself before that time. I am so glad.”
From that time, the thought of the Lord’s coming was a great reality to her; and she is now, with many others, waiting for God’s Son from heaven, knowing that in a “little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” Hebrews 10:3737For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. (Hebrews 10:37).
ML 01/14/1951