John and Jennie were sent to a school far away from their home. They did not mind anything, except being away from their good, loving mother. And yet their mother did the best she could to keep them from being homesick. She sent them all sorts of good things, and pretty things, and useful things from home, and she wrote them hosts of letters. Then, too, John and Jennie could often talk to each other about their mother, and one day they tried to think up how many ways their mother had of talking with them, though she was so far away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are the letters,\u201d said John. \u201cThat\u2019s one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are all these beautiful presents she keeps sending us,\u201d said Jennie. \u201cI\u2019m sure every one of them keeps talking to me all the time, and says, \u2018I love you, I love you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, that\u2019s two,\u201d said John. \u201cAnd then, do you know, I often remember things mother used to say to me, and when I think of her I can hear her saying the same things. I sat in a draught the other day, and I could hear her say, \u2018Move your chair or you\u2019ll take cold,\u2019 just as plain!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s three,\u201d agreed Jennie; \u201cand here\u2019s the fourth. It\u2019s when you tell me that you know mother wouldn\u2019t want me to do this, and would want me to do that. I can almost hear mother saying the same things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut after all,\u201d said John, \u201cthere\u2019s one way of talking with mother that\u2019s better than all, and that\u2019s right face to face. O, when will<\/i> the last day of school come?\u201d<\/p>\n
Let the speaker explain to the children how these five ways in which children may talk with their absent mother correspond with ways in which we talk with our Father in heaven. The letters correspond to our Bible. The presents correspond to the gifts of food God sends us, and of raiment, and of all the lovely and useful things in the world. Then, when we think about what God would like to have us do, and remember his commands and promises, we are enjoying the third way of talking with God. And others may talk with us about God, and tell us what he would have us do, just as John and Jennie talked with each other about their mother.<\/p>\n
But, after all, the fifth way is the best,\u2014talking face to face with God. And for that we do not need to wait to go to heaven, as John and Jennie must wait to go home to talk with their mother, because God is everywhere, and is always ready to talk with us, whenever we wish to pray to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John and Jennie were sent to a school far away from their home. They did not mind anything, except being away from their good, loving mother. And yet their mother did the best she could to keep them from being homesick. She sent them all sorts of good things, and pretty things, and useful things … Continue reading “TALKING WITH MOTHER\u2014A SERMON STORY TO TEACH ABOUT
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