The other evening my wife was going through some things that she had been given by a family member. It was a lot of great treasure that had been passed down to her. In this treasure chest she found the following:
Mary Had A Little Boy
Mary had a little boy,
His soul seemed white as snow.
He never went to Sunday School
‘Cause Mary wouldn’t go.
He missed the Bible stories
That thrill the childish mind;
While other children went to class
This boy was left behind.
And as he grew from babe to youth,
Mary — to her dismay —
Saw the soul that once seemed white
Was turning dingy gray.
Knowing now that he was lost,
She tried to win him back.
Alas! the soul of the boy she loved
Had turned an ugly black.
Now Mary goes to Sunday School
And stays for preaching too;
She begs the preacher, “Isn’t there
A thing that you can do?”
He tries and fails and then he says,
“We’re just too far behind.”
“You warned me years ago,” she cries,
“But I would pay no mind.”
And so another soul is lost
That once seemed white as snow.
He would have gone to Sunday School
But Mary wouldn’t go.
I pray that this is not my testimony. Look at Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ”
How about you my dear reader? Are you one who does not go to Church? Maybe you don’t feel like it is right for you. Maybe you have a long list of objections to Church. If we are not careful one day we will stand before God with a heart that was once white that has gone black as night.
So, how are you doing?