Back in May I posted an entry by Doris Coffin Aldrich, an author I re-discovered last summer who wrote in the '50s and left 9 children when she passed away after a car accident. My mother then sent me a booklet by the same author. And then, a few days ago, I got an email notification of a comment--the granddaughter of Doris Coffin Aldrich discovered the post, I would assume through a Google search of her grandmother's name. The internet can be a fantastic tool. Who would ever have thought, even 25 years ago, that we could do such things now.
Here's another brief devotional by the same author. She's a far better writer and communicator than I will ever be:
THE BIG BAG OF CANDY
"Where's the Lord Jesus now, Mommie?" asked Jon, nearly three.
Mother paused a minute from sweeping the kitchen floor. "The Lord Jesus is in heaven, Jon."
"And does the Lord Jesus have a bag of candy?"
There was another pause while Mother adapted her theological thinking to the mind of a 3-year-old. "Yes, the Lord has a bag of candy, I imagine."
"And does He have a big bag, Mommie?" he asked with eyes ashine for the answer.
Knowing of His abundant supply, Mother answered, "Yes, He has a big bag."
"Where are the road where we get there?"
Funny little Jon, with his main desire for heaven a desire for material reward. But wait,--along what line does our anticipation lie? Is it the "many mansions," the golden streets, the sufficiency of everything? Or is our anticipation of heaven all aglow with the thought of heaven's dearest treasure--our Lord Himself? Is it what He has to offer, or is it fellowship with Him? What is our interest here on earth?--things, or the Lord Jesus Christ?
Should it not be "Jesus Christ: whom having not seen, ye love: in whom, though now ye see H im not, yet believing, he rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:? (I Peter 1:7)
In all that beautiful heaven can anything ever efface or outshine one glorious moment--the first, first sight of His face!
Here's another brief devotional by the same author. She's a far better writer and communicator than I will ever be:
THE BIG BAG OF CANDY
"Where's the Lord Jesus now, Mommie?" asked Jon, nearly three.
Mother paused a minute from sweeping the kitchen floor. "The Lord Jesus is in heaven, Jon."
"And does the Lord Jesus have a bag of candy?"
There was another pause while Mother adapted her theological thinking to the mind of a 3-year-old. "Yes, the Lord has a bag of candy, I imagine."
"And does He have a big bag, Mommie?" he asked with eyes ashine for the answer.
Knowing of His abundant supply, Mother answered, "Yes, He has a big bag."
"Where are the road where we get there?"
Funny little Jon, with his main desire for heaven a desire for material reward. But wait,--along what line does our anticipation lie? Is it the "many mansions," the golden streets, the sufficiency of everything? Or is our anticipation of heaven all aglow with the thought of heaven's dearest treasure--our Lord Himself? Is it what He has to offer, or is it fellowship with Him? What is our interest here on earth?--things, or the Lord Jesus Christ?
Should it not be "Jesus Christ: whom having not seen, ye love: in whom, though now ye see H im not, yet believing, he rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:? (I Peter 1:7)
In all that beautiful heaven can anything ever efface or outshine one glorious moment--the first, first sight of His face!
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