podge puzzle. It wasn’t too long after that the lad was hack with the jig saw map all complete, held together by scotch tape. His dad couldn’t under stand how he could ever get it done so rapidly. He found out when he saw what was on the other side. It was a photograph of a man. The boy ex plained, “All I did was to put him back together, dad, and the world came out all right!” We may criticize our gov ernment business operations, and other aspects of life. But keep in mind that none of these things can be righted until man himself is first in a proper relationship with God. This can come only through personal faith in the sav ing grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s not reformation that man needs, but rather regeneration through the Saviour’s power. “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” REAPING AND SOWING History does have a way of repeating itself. An old Oriental parable tells about an aged grandfather who was too feeble to work. His selfish fa/mily con sider him an unwanted burden: just another mouth to feed, and already the rice supply was very meager. His son decided to be done with the problem. Putting his weakened father into a wheelbarrow, he headed up the moun tains where he planned to leave him to die. The small eight-year-old grandson went along. He was curious and kept asking questions. He couldn’t under stand what was happening. The little fellow seemed content with his father's reassurances and volunteered, “I’m so glad I came along with you, Dad. Now, when you get old, I’ll know where to take you.” The father stopped in his tracks. What a note of judgment and recrimination. He broke down and wept bitter tears of remorse. “Why did you let me do it?” he sobbed to the older man. “Why were you so willing?” There was quiet for a moment, then the grand The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
father explained, “When I was your age, I took my own father on a trip like this. The vision of that horrible day has never left me.” It is so sad that old age should be beset by dread fears of being unwanted and cast off by the younger generation. The Psalm ist David was not immune to such thoughts. He cried out to God to re member him in his declining years (Psa. 71:18). The Lord’s answer comes ringing to our own hearts as well in a note of glorious assurance and cer tainty, “And even to your old age I am he . . . I have made, and I will bear. Even I will carry, and will deliver you!” (Isa. 46:4). If a marriage gives out, usually it means that there hasn’t been enough giving in. Living without God means dying with out hope. It is when we forget ourselves that we do things which others remember.
Dr. Charles L. Feinberg, Dean of Talbot Theological Seminary, explains the meaning of the Passover at a recent banquet held at Biola. In front of him are some of the things which the Orthodox Jewish people use in commemoration of this historic event. 29
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