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It was a beautiful day. Ken and Amy asked Mother if they could play in the park.

"Yes," said, "but do not get your clothes dirty. We will go to see your Grandmother today."

"We will be careful," said .

When they reached the little creek, they saw a large board placed across the water. started walking across the .

"I am going across on these stones ," said as she took off her shoes and socks. "It is more fun than walking across on the ."

"You better not," warned . "Remember, told us not to get our dirty!"

"I will not get them dirty," said . She started walking across the creek on the . sat down and waited on the other side of the creek.

The creek was not very deep. The were close together but very slippery. When reached the last stone, she suddenly slipped and fell into the muddy water!

"Oh, oh, Amy, your dress got dirty," said . "What will say? She told us not to get our dirty."

"I know," said . "I did not mean to, but my foot slipped and I fell." tried to brush off the mud, but the more she brushed, the worse it looked.

When they arrived at home, saw Amy's dress and shook her head. "I told you not to get your dirty, ."

looked down and said, "I am sorry, Mom. I know I did wrong and disobeyed you. Please forgive me."

"Yes, I forgive you," said , "but you must learn to obey me."

was quiet for a moment. Then she said, "Mom, will you please pray for me and ask the Lord Jesus to come into my heart so that I will obey you better?"

took on her lap and said, "I am glad that you want to ask the Lord to come into your heart, , but I cannot ask Him to do that. You must ask Him yourself."

"But I thought that I was too little to ask to come into my heart. Please, Mom, tell me, am I too little?"

"No, I do not think so," said .

put her arms around . "Let me explain something to you. The Bible tells us that we are born with in our hearts. That is why we do wrong things, like disobeying. A small baby does not understand this. But I believe that you know when you are doing something wrong, don't you, ?"

nodded and said, "Yes, I knew it was wrong to walk on those slippery today. You had just told us not to get our dirty."

smiled. "I am glad that you know when you do wrong. The Lord also knows about the in our hearts. He died on the cross for us so that we could be saved from our .

"When you are old enough to know that you have done wrong, then you are old enough to ask to forgive your and be your Savior."

questioned, "But some people say that you cannot take as your Savior until you are nine or ten years old."

answered, "Yes, some even think you have to be much older than that before you can be saved. But tells us in the that 'Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' 'Whosoever' means anyone who wants to, even little children."

"Do you mean that I can take as my Savior right now?" asked eagerly.

"Yes, you can pray right now!" said .

They knelt down and prayed, "Dear Lord , I am sorry for the wrong things I have done, and I want to stop doing them. Please forgive me. Thank you for loving me and for dying for me. Please come into my heart and be my Savior. I am so glad that I am not too little."

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