LITTLE Jimmie was lying in bed quite ill. His father and mother sat beside him, closely watching him and anxious to do anything they could that would soothe the little sufferer. But he still seemed restless and unsatisfied.
Presently Jimmie opened his blue eyes, and looking toward his father he exclaimed with a great longing in his voice, “Oh how I wish Jesus was here!”
“Jesus is here, Jimmie,” replied his father.
“Are you quite sure, Daddy, that He is in this very room?”
“Yes, my darling boy, He is always here, although we cannot see Him.”
“Then I want Him to come quite close to me.”
“Yes, Jimmie, Jesus is quite close to you.”
This was enough; Jimmie was satisfied that if Jesus were near all must be well, and laying his little head peacefully on the pillow, he soon went off to sleep.
Young though he was, Jimmie had learned that Jesus died and rose again and that whosoever believes in Him shall 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)). He had learned too His love and power, and that those He saves He keeps.
Jesus loves me, loves me still,
When I’m very weak and ill;
From His shining place on high,
Comes to watch me where I lie.
ML-04/05/1964