Article July 7, 1951 ISSUE

WISHING OR WORKING?

ETHEL E. BRICE

Everyone, no doubt, has heard at some time a remark like this: "That person is lucky. He gets the best of everything." Perhaps we have been tempted to think similarly of someone whom we have seen go forward joyously claiming his freedom and the fulfillment of the promise (Ps. 138:8), "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me."

The writer is reminded of an incident in her girlhood. The family had just moved to a place where the large lawn had been sadly neglected. Leaning over the fence one afternoon, she watched her new neighbor pulling a few scattered weeds from her carefully cultivated garden. Then she looked from the well-trimmed lawn to their own unkept place and said wistfully, "I wish our yard looked as nice as yours." At that moment her father came out carrying some garden tools and said gently, "If you will put these tools to work, together we may see our yard become a lovely spot." And so it was, after weeks and months of hard, patient work the place was transformed into one of order and attractiveness.

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