DO THE birds ever waken you early in the morning with their sweet songs? The meadow lark is a specially sweet songster; the one in our picture looks very happy with his mate. We cannot see it, but their nest is nearby in this meadow.
We should thank the Lord for giving us the birds and so many things out of doors to make us happy. Saved boys and girls have the right to be the very happiest of all of God’s creatures, and if their hearts are full of love for Jesus, they will want to open their mouths often in songs of praise to Him. We read a great deal about our mouths in Scripture. In Matt. 21:1616And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? (Matthew 21:16) we find that even babes and children may say things that will bring praise to the Lord’s name. We can tell what people are interested in, too, by what they talk about; so the Lord Jesus says in Matt. 12:3434O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Matthew 12:34), that “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh”.
So, dear children, let us think more about the Lord Jesus each day, and about what He has done for us; then I’m sure our mouths will speak for Him, and we will love to praise Him, too.
ML 12/15/1912