ONE morning a fisherman found on the cliffs a beautiful sea-gull lying on its back without moving. The poor bird had broken its leg, and seemed to be suffering greatly. This kind man, instead of killing it, as others very likely would have done, lifted the bird carefully, and carried it home. There he put the broken leg in a splint, put the gull in a cage well lined with hay, tied the cage to a tree, and left the door open. Every day the fisherman’s wife brought food to the sea-gull—bread, pieces of fish; or anything she happened to have.
Soon the bird was able to stand on its feet, and it flew away. But each day it would come back bringing with him its mate. The two became so tame that they took the food from the hand of their kind hosts. They TRUSTED the fisherman and his wife, because they knew their love and kindness.
This is only a very faint picture of the love of Christ who came down to save those who were dead in their sins (you and me), and ever since He has provided everything that is good for us. We can then surely trust such a Saviour for everything, can we not?
ML 04/30/1922