MOTHER," said Lucy one evening, "are there any little sins?"
"Why do you ask that question?" said her mother.
"When we were leaving school this afternoon, I came through the school-yard with Robert and Jean. The teacher passed us, and, as he pulled his handkerchief from his pocket, a pencil fell out with it, and rolled close to our feet. After the teacher had passed, Robert picked it up and said, 'Look at this dandy pencil. I wanted one just his, this!'
" 'But,' I said, 'that pencil belongs to the teacher. You must not keep it. It would be a big sin.'
" 'How silly,' replied Robert. 'The teacher can have all the pencils wants, and besides, this cost only a few cents. It's just a little sin.' "
"Mother, was Robert right?"
Lucy's mother thought a moment before replying.
"How is it that God can forgive your sins?"
"Because the Lord Jesus died on the cross," answered Lucy.
"Is there any sin too great to be cleansed by the blood of Christ?" "No," said the child.
"And can we ask God to pardon our little sins in some other way?"
"There is no other way, Mother," said Lucy.
"Then, my child, we cannot consider a sin a little one if the Lord Jesus had to die to put them away."
"What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus! So that not one spot remains? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Messages of the Love of God 2/9/1958