There, on one of the nests, sat a hen with a brood of little
ones
peeking out from under her wings. "Touch her, Pastor," the
farmer
said. As the minister put his hand on the hen, he found that
she
was cold and dead.
"Look at that wound on her head," the farmer continued. "A
weasel
has sucked all the blood from her body, and she never once
moved
for fear the animal would harm her chicks."
"Oh," said the minister, "that was just like Christ. He
endured all
the suffering on the cross. He could have saved His own life
but He
would not, because if He had moved we would have been lost!"
The
Holy Spirit applied the simple words to the farmer's heart,
and soon he put his faith in the One who on Calvary chose to
save us, rather than to spare Himself!
Have you accepted by faith Christ's offer of
salvation? Have you given your life to Him? He gave
His life so that you could live. —HGB
"He saved others but cannot save Himself"
Jim McCullen
He saved others; Himself He cannot save. —Matthew
27:42
A minister rented a room at the home of a farmer who
was not a Christian. The pastor waited for an appropriate
time
to talk to him about Jesus. Finally, early one morning the
opportunity came when the farmer asked him to accompany him
to the chicken house.
Was heard when Christ our Lord was crucified;
But He was sheltering us from death and hell—
It was for us the Savior bled and died. —Hess
The symbol of our Christian faith is a cross, not an easy
chair.
