It is hard to tell just what these children are doing, but they are busy with something that seems quite interesting.
The girl on the left is holding her hands out, as though she had just had them in the water, and the little one in front of her is stooping over at the water’s edge.
Another is going with her hands full to her older sister, while two others are playing with their treasures on the end of the big log.
Whether they are collecting pebbles, shells, or seaweed, or getting mud for mud-pies, it is hard to say. But it represents the story of life, —your life, and mine. We are all looking for—seeking something.
Most people, when old enough, have to look for work, so that they can earn the money they need for food and clothes.
Many are looking for pleasure. Others spend much dine searching for knowledge.
But some day our need and desire for all these things will be over, for we cannot carry them with us when we leave this world.
There is something, however, that can give us joy and blessing both in this life and in the life to come. This treasure we should all accept, if we have not already done so.
Dear young reader, if you do not already know Jesus as your Saviour, believe in Him now.
ML 06/12/1938