SHORT BIBLE STORIES {80} {81} GOD SEES ME When does God see me? God sees me when I am good, and it makes him glad. God sees me when I am bad, and it makes him sorry. God sees me when I play, and knows if I am kind. God sees me when I am at school, and knows if I am faithful. God sees me when I am at home, and knows if I obey my father and my mother. God sees me when I am cross, and knows how ugly I look and feel. God sees me when I am happy, and knows how glad I am. God sees me all day long, and wants me to love him. God sees me all night long, and watches over me while I sleep. "When I run about all day, When I kneel at night to pray, God sees. Need I ever know a fear Night and day, my Father near? God sees." "Thou God seest me."--_Genesis 16:13_. {82} WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO? God wants me to be kind to other children. God wants me to be gentle and loving. God wants me to be kind to animals. God wants me to obey my father and my mother. God wants me to care more for others than for myself. God wants me to keep the Sabbath day. God wants me to pray to him every day. God wants me to tell the truth. God wants me to be happy all the day. God wants me to be good, and then I shall be happy. God wants me to do these things because he loves me. I ought to want to do the things he wants me to do. {83}{84} [Illustration] PLOWING IN THE LANDS OF THE BIBLE From a photograph taken by Mrs. Louise Seymour Houghton, and used by her kind permission. How strange it looks to see a camel harnessed to a plow! If you look closely you will see that the plow is strange, too. It is a crooked branch with a plowshare fastened to it. It has only one handle. It was a plow almost exactly like this that was used in the times of the Bible. This picture was taken in the plains of old Philistia. [End illustration] {85} WHAT GOD GIVES God is always giving. God gives to the trees their leaves and fruit. God gives to the earth the rain in summer to make the grass grow, and the snow in winter to cover the ground. God gives to the beasts and to the birds their food. God gives to us our homes and friends and all that makes us happy. God gives us the Bible to tell us how he loves us. God gives us sweet sleep at night. God gives us health to enjoy all his gifts. What has God given you to-day? Have you thanked him for it? "Who giveth food to the hungry."--_Psalms 146:7_. "Who giveth to the beast his food."--_Psalms 147:9_. "So he giveth his beloved sleep."--_Psalms 127:2_. "He giveth snow like wool."--_Psalms 147:16_. "Give us this day our daily bread."--_Matthew 6:11_. "My peace I give unto you."--_John 14:27_. "Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all."--_I Timothy 2:6_. {86} JESUS AND HIS FRIENDS Jesus had many friends. Some of them were people whom he had healed. Some of them had heard him talk, and had learned to love him. Sometimes they stayed with him, day after day.