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.
It was now four years later, and every week since they had moved to Chicago, 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 to deliver the box of cookies from Grandma. Danny always called the deliveryman the “Cookie Man.”
And now Danny’s father was being transferred once again. 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 him, “Do you deliver in Puerto Rico?”
“No, Danny, we don’t deliver there.”
Poor Danny would not be able to receive 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 deliveryman. God’s gift of love is His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and you can read all about His wonderful gift in the Bible. You can also take your Bible with you. No matter where you live, you can receive God’s gift simply by accepting the Lord Jesus as your Saviour.
ML-05/02/2010