IN olden times, sometime after the world was discovered to be a round ball, globes were made, and many of the grown people were interested in learning the location of the different countries.
You might have been surprised if you could have looked into some homes and found the wealthy ladies had a professor come to their house and tell them things about the world that the children learn in school now.
But the reason is, these things had just lately been discovered. What information they received was much appreciated by them, and they had to pay well for it. But now, you may not think of the great amount of work and expense that had to be given in getting all the information that is given to you in school, and therefore you may be apt to think lightly of it.
This makes me think of something else that has been earned for us at a great expense, and many think so lightly of it, that is, the great expense God has One to, to have our sins put away, according to His holy and righteous character. Ah, we never can weigh or meditate too much on what God has done for us in this connection. The greatest expression of love that could ever have been is manifested to us when God gave His only begotten Son to die in our place, bearing the awful load of all our sins in His own body on the tree and the forsaking of God, because He was more holy than behold iniquity. Ah yes, God so loved us that He would rather forsake His Son than forsake us; for He was able to bear it and rise triumphant; but if we had to bear our punishment it would have sunk us forever in the lake of fire.
May we all then appreciate highly what God has done for us, in order to put our sins away, and if we know those sins are gone, may we seek to live and serve Him all our days.
ML 09/16/1906