Leviticus 4:1-26; Psalm 103:1-22; Acts 26:19-32
Bring him hither to me. Matthew 17:17
As Peter, James, and John heard the Father’s expression of delight in His beloved Son on the holy mount, their fellow disciples were down in the valley listening to another father’s expression of despair concerning his son. Where the condition of the one was glorious, the condition of the other was grievous. The disciples, because of unbelief, could do nothing for the child, but then, with compassionate authority, the Saviour intervened. Dear saint weeping over a wayward or unsaved child, that tender voice is still calling through your despair: “Bring him hither to me”. —Phil Coulson
Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
Chords that are broken will vibrate once more. —Fanny Crosby