ONE night the mother of two little girls was away at bedtime, and they were left to do as they would.
“I am not going to pray tonight,” said Lillian, when she was ready for bed.
“Why, Lillian!” exclaimed Amy, with round eyes.
“I am not going to. There isn’t any use.”
So she tumbled into bed. Amy knelt and prayed. The little prayer finished and the light extinguished, Amy crept into bed. There was a long silence; then Lillian began to turn restlessly, giving her pillow a vigorous thump and saying, crossly:
“I wonder what is the matter with this pillow?”
Then came a sweet little voice from Amy’s side of the bed: “I guess it’s cause there isn’t any prayer in it.”
A few minutes more of restlessness, and Lillian slipped out of bed and knelt in prayer. Then all was quiet and peaceful, and the two little girls slept.
There will always be restlessness and discontent when prayer is wanting, but they who wait on the Lord shall not want any good thing. “Praying always,” and we shall always prevail. By meeting God at the mercy-seat, we shall never lack the mercy and might which are only to be obtained there. “All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” (Matt. 21:2222And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Matthew 21:22).)
ML 09/10/1916