DAY 136 Read Psalm 109; 110; 113 through 116.
Today's reading: These psalms breathe the message: "Have faith, dear friend, in God."
Memory gem: "Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield" (Psalm 115:11).
Thought for today:
One evening in 1919, a mother in the Northwest sat with bowed head as a little white-clad figure knelt at her knees and prayed before she was tucked into bed: "God bless Mamma; and oh, please take care of Daddy--he's awfully far away!"
As the child whispered "Amen," she opened her eyes and looked up into her mother's face and said, "Thank You, God!" The mother stroked her little one's curls and wished for the perfect trust of a child as she murmured a prayer for the safety of her husband.
That night a telegram came saying: "I am safe and sound. More by letter. Daddy."
The mother did not understand until later in the night when the phone rang and a man's voice asked, "Are you alone? No? Well, your husband was killed this evening in a railroad accident."
She answered ,"Oh, no! I had a telegram from him a few minutes ago, and he is safe."
The morning paper carried the headline: "Sheep Train Wrecked; all on Board Killed." Then followed the story of how the failure of a brakeman to give the right signal had resulted in the collision of two trains and the death of all on board.
Now, that father was a strong-willed man and could hardly understand his own actions when, on the afternoon before the wreck, he was approached by a stranger whom he had never seen before and never saw again. This man also had sheep on the train, and he suggested that they get off and feed their sheep at a certain stockyard and take a later train for Omaha. Although this meant more expense, the father yielded to the suggestion and thus escaped the wreck.
"O for the faith of a child!" we may say. Well, it may be yours and mine. but it comes by hearing and obeying the Word of God (see Romans 10:17). Let us say, "Thank You, Lord," for what His providence may bring, and so "have faith in God" (Mark 11:22).
Today's reading: These psalms breathe the message: "Have faith, dear friend, in God."
Memory gem: "Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield" (Psalm 115:11).
Thought for today:
One evening in 1919, a mother in the Northwest sat with bowed head as a little white-clad figure knelt at her knees and prayed before she was tucked into bed: "God bless Mamma; and oh, please take care of Daddy--he's awfully far away!"
As the child whispered "Amen," she opened her eyes and looked up into her mother's face and said, "Thank You, God!" The mother stroked her little one's curls and wished for the perfect trust of a child as she murmured a prayer for the safety of her husband.
That night a telegram came saying: "I am safe and sound. More by letter. Daddy."
The mother did not understand until later in the night when the phone rang and a man's voice asked, "Are you alone? No? Well, your husband was killed this evening in a railroad accident."
She answered ,"Oh, no! I had a telegram from him a few minutes ago, and he is safe."
The morning paper carried the headline: "Sheep Train Wrecked; all on Board Killed." Then followed the story of how the failure of a brakeman to give the right signal had resulted in the collision of two trains and the death of all on board.
Now, that father was a strong-willed man and could hardly understand his own actions when, on the afternoon before the wreck, he was approached by a stranger whom he had never seen before and never saw again. This man also had sheep on the train, and he suggested that they get off and feed their sheep at a certain stockyard and take a later train for Omaha. Although this meant more expense, the father yielded to the suggestion and thus escaped the wreck.
"O for the faith of a child!" we may say. Well, it may be yours and mine. but it comes by hearing and obeying the Word of God (see Romans 10:17). Let us say, "Thank You, Lord," for what His providence may bring, and so "have faith in God" (Mark 11:22).
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