Marion and her mother were spending a week’s holiday together at a summer escort by the sea. Marion never went to Sunday School, and her mother never told her about the Lord Jesus, but Jesus loved them both and wanted them to know of His love.
Sunday morning came, and Marion’s little playmate came running up and said to her mother,
“Please, may Marion come with me to the service?”
“What service are you talking about?”
“Why down on the beach there is a man who tells us Bible stories every Sunday afternoon, and I would like Marion to come with me.”
“All right then, she may go.”
That afternoon, the careless mother watched her little girl run off hand-in-hand with her friend. After a time she became a little uneasy and started off to find them. Soon she came upon a group of about three hundred children all sitting on the sand and listening to the story of God’s love in sending the Lord Jesus. He was teaching them this verse, “The wages of sin is death; but 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).
It was very new to Marion’s mother. She had always felt that she should perhaps be a little more religious, but she had never thought of God as loving her and offering her a gift. She knew that she was a sinner, and she intended to try to please God a little better—but this was so different.
When the meeting was over, she walked slowly hack with Marion, and together they knelt down and each one told the Lord. Jesus that they were lost and would like to accept Him as Saviour. They gladly accepted God’s gift and were saved.
ML 07/02/1950