MAMMA is talking to Jesus,” said little Mary to herself, as she heard her mother praying in, the adjoining room,
As Mrs. H— left the place of prayer, Mary ran to her mother, and asked her very innocently, “Did Jesus answer? Did He say ‘Yes,’ mother?”
When you pray, dear reader, think of the question of this little child. Do you expect an answer to your prayer? or do you only repeat the words as a mere matter of form? If you ask aright, God will answer you; for He has said, in His holy word, “Ask, and ye shall receive.”
We should not only pray but be “watching thereunto,” and never be satisfied without a sense in our souls that the Lord is with us, and hearing us, and that He will grant our request, if it is according to His word. Many enjoy such a lively sense of the Lord’s presence with them that it appears as real as if they saw Him personally, like His disciples of old. It is a great pleasure to have the company of all such.
ML 11/29/1903