Dear little Jennie was six years old. She had been taught by her kind nurse, Catharine, of the Lord Jesus. as a Saviour. And she believed on Him, taking to Him all that happened to her.
She and her sister had a pet bird, in a cage. One day, by some mistake, Jennie let the bird loose, and the little thing, glad to be free, spread its wings for the first time in its life to fly, and away it went, and soon was lost.
Jennie was, at first, troubled, because the bird did not belong to her alone. But, in her trouble, she asked the Lord to bring back the bird, and, resting in Him, she soon had peace about the matter.
Soon the Lord gave her an opportunity to tell out what she believed, for she came to her nurse and told her about the bird. Catharine chided her a little, and told her it was lost, but she answered.
“I know the Lord will bring it back, for I trust it to Him.”
And, sure enough, He did bring it back. That very evening, as she went into the room where the cage was, she saw her little pet in his old place, as if nothing had happened.
“There, Catharine,” she said, “did I not tell you the Lord would take care of our little bird, and bring him back?”
The bird had wandered off, and alighted in the bushes, and someone, hearing it and knowing it, had caught it and brought it to its cage. How easily the Lord can answer faith in Him. That seems easy and simple enough, does it not? Yes, but the faith that left it all with the Lord, was answered in this way, the Lord bringing the bird to rest on the bush, and then bringing the person just at the right time to save it.
And now, dear child, He has brought, just at the right time, when we were sinners, One who is a Saviour, and can never lose one that trusts the soul in his hands, believing on Him, only. He says.
ML 03/17/1946