Under the Parsonage Roof by Althea S. Miller LET'S PRETEND
RETIRED RAILROAD MAN PUTS HIS LIFE’ S SAVINGS INTO MOODY ANNUITIES!
L et’s play mother and children,” three-year-old Mark said to his mother. “ You be de mama; I be de daddy.” “ Okay,” Mommie agreed. “ But if you’re the daddy you will have to help me lift some heavy things be cause daddies are strong.” “ I help you.” And the little fellow disappeared for about 10 minutes. Suddenly Mother heard him clip clopping down the hall. “ How he loves to play in Daddy’s shoes,” she thought. Turning around as Mark entered the kitchen Mother noticed her old work shoes on his feet. “ I be de mama now. I have your shoes on. Okay? You be de little girl.” For better than an hour Mark had fun pretending he was Mother. And as she went about her work Mother remembered how Sharon, now 11, often played doctor and nurse with her younger brother. With bubbling enthusiasm, the dark haired child would say, “When I grow up I’m going to put on a doctor’s suit and be a doctor-missionary to the Afri cans.” (This dream still possesses Sharon but now she knows there is no magic “ suit” to don which will automatically make her a doctor.) Many a time Mother has heard Althea Jr. ask Ardyth to pretend she is sick in order to play “ nurse.” Games of “ let’s pretend” are very thrilling to children. Mother has often prayed that the stage of pre tense will develop into positive dreams and from thence into reality in the lives of her children. Walking in Mother’s shoes will not make Mark a mama. Nor will a white cap and apron make Althea a nurse. But dreams, coupled with preparation, can become reality. Could it be that “ let’s pretend” carried over into adulthood is the answer to hypocrisy in the church? Going to church out of a sense of duty, speaking the “ language” of the Spirit, giving an eye-dazzling offer ing, will never make a child of God out of anyone. Nor can one earn that coveted position by any set of man made standards. Salvation is a free gift — “ Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph. 2:9). After the position is attained through the grace of God, then we “ put on the whole armour of God” (Eph. 6:11). God help us to put first things first.
I just can’t praise the Lord
enough that all of my life’s savings are invested in Moody Bible Institute Annuities! ”
RAILROADING IS A GREAT BUSINESS . . . "
says M r. M . o f M issouri, “ but it doesn ’t begin to com pare with the greatest business in the w orld—that o f w inning lost souls for Christ.” A s a telegrapher and station agent, M r. M . tapped out all kinds o f messages, but he says that none were as im portant or urgent as the spreading of the g o s p e l message . for which he has invested his life’s savings!
There Are Two Good Reasons for His Satisfaction with Moody Annuities. . .
1. Generous Income . . •He knows that he is assured of a generous, un changing income as long as he lives. His savings are secure, because they are backed by all the resources of Moody Bible Institute. 2. Peace of Mind . . , He knows that his savings are doing business for God now, and will continue to work through the Institute and its many soul-winning ministries—long after he has t gone to be with the Lord.
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