HOW pleasant it is to see them going on peacefully and happily together. Look at the little brother and sister: how delighted they are to show all attention to their baby brother. They have prepared their wagon, and hitched the big dog up to it, and even the little dog seems to realize that little baby brother is the center of attraction. I expect the kind mother has helped them, and she is happy to see her baby boy such an object of delight.
As we look at this, it may well make us think of how pleasing God’s beloved Son was to Him. He was daily God’s delight, and God loved Him far more than any father or mother could love their darling child. Have you ever thought that God so loved you that He gave that beloved Son of His, to die in your stead? How much there is in that well-known verse, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).
Many times has this verse appeared in our paper, and it will bear repeating again and again, for the marvelous thing is that God’s love to us, who have sinned against Him, is so great that He gave that beloved Son of His to take our place. Rather than have us bear what we deserved, He gave the dearest One He had for us. What praise, what thanksgiving and gratefulness should come from us to Him for all His love. “BY HIM THEREFORE LET US OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE TO GOD CONTINUALLY, THAT IS, THE FRUIT OF OUR LIPS GIVING THANKS TO HIS NAME.” Heb. 13:1515By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. (Hebrews 13:15).
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