I know a little boy, at times a very naughty boy, and often crying. One day he came into my store with tears running down his cheeks; so I said,
“Why are you so often crying?”
“Because,” said he, “my mother won’t let me do as I want.” So I knew they were naughty tears, rebellious tears.
“Neither would my mother,” I replied, “when I was a little boy; because my mother knew what was best.”
You see this little boy’s naughty heart showed itself by his naughty will in wanting his own way, and crying because he could not have it. So I told him what the Bible says,
I have known little children to cry because they were sorry for their sins; but this little boy did not know it was sin to show such naughty temper. When he can read, he will find in the Bible that God says,
So you see the sad consequence of disobedience, and it caused Jesus to die on the cross that He might put sin away by the sacrifice of Himself.
Jesus was always obedient, He always did those things that pleased His Father. In Him was no sin.
Now, dear children, to obey your parents is always pleasing’ to the Lord Jesus, and not in some things, but in all things.
ML 10/10/1943