I am listening, Lord, for Thee;
Master, speak, oh, speak to me!"




18. Eighteenth Day

Who will take care of me?


"He careth for you."--I Pet. v. 7.


It is so pleasant to be cared for; to have kind relations and friends who
show that they love you by their care of you, and their care for you. What
would you do if no one cared for you, like the poor little children in
London who are turned out to "do for themselves" before they are as old as
you are? What would you do if there was no one to get anything for you to
eat, or to see to your clothes, or to keep a home for you to live in? No
one to take any notice if you hurt yourself ever so badly, or if you were
ever so ill? You would feel then what a difference being cared for makes
to your life. But all the earthly care for you comes because "He careth
for you." He planned and arranged everything, without your having anything
to do with it, so that you shall be cared for. And He did not arrange it
once for all, and then leave things to go on as might happen. No! Every
day, every moment, He careth, _goes on_ caring, for you. Not only thinking
of you and watching you, but working for you; making things come right, so
that everything should be just the best that could happen to you. Not
managing the great things, and leaving the little things to arrange