Danny and his family moved from Cleveland to Chicago. Since Danny’s father was transferred by the company he works for, they were given no choice - the whole family had to move. Even though Danny was only four years old, he had been very unhappy about leaving his grandma behind in Cleveland. The family had always lived near her, and Danny did not like to think that he would not be seeing her almost every day.
Every week since they had moved four years ago, Grandma had sent some of her homemade cookies to Danny and his family. She knew what their favorite kinds were: chocolate chip, peanut butter and sugar cookies. Every week the big delivery truck pulled up to Danny’s house in Chicago to deliver the box of cookies from Grandma. Danny always called the delivery man, the “Cookie Man.”
Once again, Danny’s father was being transferred. This time it was to far-off Puerto Rico. Danny thought about having to leave all the friends he had made in Chicago, and he felt sad. That week when the Cookie Man arrived with the box of cookies, Danny suddenly had a terrible thought, Does the Cookie Man go all the way to Puerto Rico? He quickly asked, “Mr. Cookie Man, do you deliver in Puerto Rico?”
“No, Danny, we don’t deliver there.”
Poor Danny would not be able to receive his grandma’s “box of love” from the Cookie Man after he moved to Puerto Rico.
Isn’t it good to know that God’s gift of love is available anywhere in the world. It does not depend on a delivery man. God’s gift of love is His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)). No matter where we live, we can receive God’s gift simply by accepting the Lord Jesus as our Saviour.
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world;
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight;
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
ML-10/22/1995