MIRIAM was about eight years old and she had not yet come to the Lord Jesus for herself. She had not yet put her trust in Him. She had heard that the Lord Jesus was coming again, and she felt that she was not ready.
One evening, when she had gone to bed, her father and mother went out for a short walk. “Not for long,” the mother had said, “lest the children should wake.”
On their return, as they neared the house, they heard a loud scream. “That’s Miriam! What can be the matter?” said Mother, as she hurried to open the door.
They found Miriam downstairs. “My dear child, what is the matter?” asked Mother.
“O, Mother, Mother, I thought the Lord had come and taken you, and I was left behind.”
She had wakened and called “Mother” more than once, and getting no answer had come downstairs. Then, finding no one there, she had decided that the Lord Jesus had taken her loved parents away and that she was left behind. Mother could tell Miriam how gladly the Lord Jesus would bless her if she came to Him. There and then she turned to the Saviour and found Him just waiting to receive her. Thus her fears of His return were banished, for now she could rejoice at the thought of seeing the Saviour face to face. Can you?
ML-06/24/1962