IN THIS country during the First World War any household that had given a son to the war was permitted to place a star on the window pane. One night a man was walking down the street with his little boy in New York. The little fellow was interested in the lighted windows of the houses, and clapped his hands whenever he saw a star. As they passed house after house he would exclaim: “Oh Daddy, look, there’s another house that has given a son to the war! And there’s another! There’s one with two stars! And look! There’s a house with no star at all!”
At last they came to a break in the houses. Through the gap could be seen the evening star shining brightly in the sky. The little fellow paused, holding his breath. “Oh, look, Daddy,” he cried, “God must have given His Son, for He has got a star in His window.”
Indeed God has given His Son, as the little boy had rightly said, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son” to die upon the cross for sin, not for any favored nation, but for all men and women, boys and girls, everywhere, “that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).
But what a difference between the death of God’s dear Son and the death of any other man under heaven. Whoever gave their son willingly to die for their enemies? But God gave His Son to die for us when we were enemies. He knew well how sinful man would treat Him. He gave Him in love for you, for me, and for all.
“That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Have you, dear young reader, believed in Him yet? Are your sins all forgiven, and are you on your way to heaven?
ML-10/07/1962