Susie pressed her hands to her cheeks.
“It’s so sad,” she whispered, looking gloomily at the dark pantry walls.
Several empty jars returned her despondent look and proved the veracity of her words. A sticky bit of goo ran down the shelf and dripped miserably to the wooden floorboards.
“All gone.” Susie tapped her hand gingerly into the sticky sweetness and tested it. “So very, very gone.”
The pantry was a hidden bit of closet and with the door closed it was quite dark except for a little window.
Pressing her hands up against her face, Susie wailed.
“No more jam,” she ended in a whisper, “and it’s not even lunch time yet.”
“Is it so sad?” Said a voice.
Susie jumped and looked around while patting her face to soak up the tears.
A pretty little butterfly waved its wings at her from the window sill.
“Hello,” the butterfly dipped down to rest on one of the empty jars, carefully avoiding the stickiest places, “you know, it’s kind of silly to be so sad,” she finished with a sympathetic smile.
“It is?” Susie replied.
“There’s more strawberries in the garden.”
Susie’s face brightened. “What was I thinking?”
The butterfly smiled and held out a hand. “It’s okay. It happens to all of us–you know, perhaps its the things that are right in our backyard that are sometimes the easiest to forget.”
And with that, Susie and the butterfly set out to fill a basket with strawberries.
“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:” Psalm 103:2
I think you need to compile all of these and make a children’s devotional book. What sweet stories for all ages, but would be such a simple encouragement for children to read daily and start their day off with the Lord and all His benefits!! Thanks
Patti, thank-you so much for your thoughtful encouragement!! Your kindness is a blessing. :)
Amen to that, Patti!!!
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Thank-you for your encouragement, Kimberly!!
I agree with Patti King’s comment that you should put these stories into a children’s
devotional book. Hugs, Grma
Thank-you for your kind words of encouragement, Grandma! Sending hugs to you too!!
I misread that last scripture as “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his butterflies”!
Thanks for being one of God’s ‘butterflies’, though (in the best of ways!). And I see I’m not the first one to suggest you do a girl’s devotional – I love the style and length of this vignette of God’s grace.
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Thank-you so much for your kind, thoughtful and encouraging words, Jacqueline!!!