Some little girls were talking to a friend one day about the Lord Jesus, and how to come to Him. One of them, a little one about eight years old, said, “Every night I pray, ‘Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.’”
“Oh, I don’t pray that.. I pray, ‘God he merciful to me a sinner,’” said Grace, who was two or three years older.
Then they turned to Kathy, the smallest of them all, and asked, “What do you pray, Kathy?”
“I pray, ‘I thank Thee, O God, for washing me and making me whiter than snow in the blood of Jesus.’”
I’m very sure that dear little Kathy’s prayer made the heart of the Lord Jesus glad, for He loves us to take Him at His Word, and to rejoice in the knowledge of our sins forgiven.
And now, which of those prayers could you pray best, RIGHT NOW? Which one suits you? What about all those sins of yours—the lies you have told, the impatient words you have used, and the naughty things you have done? Are they still all written down in God’s book against you? If this is so, let me tell you that you are in a terrible place right now. Come to Him right now; just as you are with that little prayer “God be merciful to me a sinner.” He will hear you right away and cleanse your heart from sin, and you will then be able to thank Him many times over, as Kathy delighted to do.
“O give thanks un to the Lord; for He is good for His mercy endureth forever,” Psalm 136:l.
ML 09/17/1950