Chats with Children by Amy Le Feuvre

"I am the way. no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. " (John 14.6)

JUST suppose one day that you were out for a walk, and you suddenly came upon a road you had never noticed before, and which had a sign-post at the corner of it saying:

"Way to Heaven."

Would you like to walk along it? I think a great many would. Some might say:

"I've been trying to get there all my life, but it's so difficult to find the way to it. And now here it is at last."

Perhaps you would say:

"I should like to feel I was on the way there, but I don't want to arrive there just yet. I mean to get there at last."

I don't think there is a single boy or girl in the world who would not like to feel certain that when they died, they would go to Heaven.

But if we want to get there when we die, we must start going along the road to it while we are alive.

Let us talk a little bit about Heaven.

Little children like it, because it sounds like a happy fairyland to them. Nobody to hurt them or quarrel with them, no darkness, lovely music, white robes, rivers and fruit trees, paths of gold. Nothing to be afraid of, no sickness, no pain, every one full of joy and happiness, lots of little angel children to play with. Who would not like to be there?

When you grow older you will still like to think of such a beautiful Heaven, but you will want to go there to meet your old friends, your parents, your brothers and sisters who have gone before you, and above all, you will want to meet your Saviour whom you have learnt to love.

Do you know the road to Heaven?

So many start out for it, and lose their way.

And I will tell you a secret.

Boys and girls are much nearer the Road when they are small, than when they get bigger.

It is easier to find when you are young, than when you grow up.

Do you remember a little verse in the Bible which says:

"I love them that love Me, and those that seek Me early shall find Me."

What has this to do with the road to Heaven?