number.” That is the charge which God brings against the backslider. They “have forgotten Me, days without
I have often startled young ladies when I have said to them, “My friend, you think more of your earrings than of the Lord.”
The reply has been, “No, I do not.”
But when I have asked, “Would you not be troubled if you lost one; and would you not set about seeking for it?” the answer has been, “Well, yes, I think I should.”
But though they had turned from the Lord, it did not give them any trouble; nor did they seek after Him that they might find Him.
How many once in fellowship and in daily communion with the Lord now think more of their dresses and ornaments than of their precious souls!
Love does not like to be forgotten. Mothers would have broken hearts if their children left them and never wrote a word or sent any memento of their affection; and God pleads over backsliders as a parent over loved ones who have gone astray.
He tries to woo them back. He asks: “What have I done that you should have forsaken Me?”
The most tender and loving words to be found in the whole of the Bible are from Jehovah to those who have left Him without a cause.
Jeremiah 2:19.
Hear how He argues with such: (Jeremiah 2:19). > “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee; know, therefore, and