Wherever has mother gone! She has left Bobbie with little sister, who has just finished taking her bath, and he plunged into the tub before mother had put in some warm water. The water is too cold, so he gives vent to the shock to his nerves, by a loud call to his mamma.
Do you think mamma has forgotten him? O, no! she has put the cold water into the tub and was going to put in some warm water, when she had to run out to see about something outside, and little Bobbie grew impatient, and climbed into the tub too soon.
How this is just like children, and grown up people, too, sometimes; they lack patience, and so have to reap a bad result.
“HE THAT IS SLOW TO ANGER IS BETTER THAN THE MIGHTY; AND HE THAT RULETH HIS SPIRIT THAN HE THAT TAKETH A CITY.”
How needful is this word. Some children think it is getting big to fuss and show temper about every little thing.
We all need to learn this lesson of patience, and it is good for us if we learn it in our young days, for if we do not, we grow worse until we get into contention with people, and then there are fights. How terrible!
What is needed is, first to take Christ as our Saviour, and then learn of Him who was the meek, lowly and patient One.
ML 06/21/1931