and  look back at my tender years, I’ll often think about two sweet little ladies.

Selah.

Considering this tender age, it amazes me how much I remember about what I saw and what I felt. I may have been only three, certainly no more than four years old. These ladies were dressed nicely, wearing head scarves, beautifully perfumed…

And smiling continually!

I remember I sat playing: I had a large-sized purse and girlie toys. As I think about these two sweet little old ladies years later, I’ve learned (and I did know back then) that they were watching me. They watched me quietly play.

Selah.

I just kept to myself and we didn’t speak. But even then I knew they liked me. I now realize that they may have been thinking of their grandchildren (or great-grandchildren; right now I’m nearly as old as they were back about sixty-three years ago and I have the blessing of a great-granddaughter.)

I liked them. I saw them as sweet and kind older ladies; older ladies who appreciated beauty and dressed themselves with dignity and life.

Selah.

What I didn’t see back then, and for many years afterwards, was my physical beauty. I had very white/blonde hair back then (naturally,) blue eyes, and the precious innocence of youth… These ladies were enamored with my quiet and kind spirit, my physical beauty, and my well-mannered behavior. I could play without calling attention to myself, without making unreasonable demands. I was content…

If you’re thinking I’m bragging on myself, think again and read on.

At my senior age now of seventy, and in fact, for many years, I know my worth. This knowledge didn’t come to me until I became, by choice, a child of God. Upon learning (truly to my great shock) I was a sinner, my husband lead me to Jesus. I’ve never turned back and I never will.

My value is just the same now as when I was a very little blonde, blue-eyed girl with pale skin. Had I died before I was old enough to understand the Gospel, as an innocent child, I would have been welcomed into God’s eternal Kingdom because I was innocent.

If not, I would have deservedly gone straight to Hell because:

 

Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

 

Selah.

I am innocent again and was as soon as I surrendered my life, my will, my soul, my spirit and asked for forgiveness and acceptance from the LORD of lords and King of kings! Praise God!

WHAT I WANT FOR YOU:
I want you to recall the innocent you were as a child, a beautiful child! (May I recommend here that you read my SOB! articles?) Next, I want you to come to Christ. If you already are: grow in Christ. And either way, I want you to stay in Christ Jesus:

 

Hebrews 3:14
We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

 

Take time today and every day to reflect on the beautiful, innocent, and precious children. God created each and every one in His image and likeness: and it all starts in the womb.

Babies from every nation and culture are literally God’s possessions, precious possessions. And He will deal with anyone who harms them:

 

 

Psalm 139:13-16

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

 

 

Psalm 127:3-5
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

 

There is great joy in the love of old ladies!