Little Marty, just four years old, was taking her first train ride. Tether with her mother, she was going to visit Grandma who lived far away in the country.
The little girl was so eager and excited as the train sped along through the lovely countryside, and looking out the window she noted all the beautiful farms, the cows, the horses and sheep that grazed in the green valley and on the hillsides.
Suddenly the train entered a long tunnel, and Marty clung to her mother in silent terror of the darkness.
That night as she knelt by her bed to say her little prayer, she said:
“Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me,
Bless Thy little lamb tonight;
In the darkness be Thou near me,
Keep me safe till morning light.”
She asked the Lord to bless all her friends, and then ended by saying, “And please, dear Lord Jesus, take away the tunnel before we go home.”
On the return journey little Marty grew tired and fell asleep. She slept all through the long dark tunnel. God did not remove the tunnel, but he answered the prayer of the little one in His own wonderful way.
The Lord Jesus said when He was here, “All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Matthew 21:2222And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Matthew 21:22). “So men ought [and little folks, too] always to pray, and not to faint.” Luke 18:11And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (Luke 18:1).
ML-03/02/1980