C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Tuesday April 1, 2025

"Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth."-Song of Solomon 1:2
    
    For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to Him; there are no prefatory words; she does not even mention His name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of Him who was the only Him in the world to her. How bold is her love! it was much condescension which permitted the weeping penitent to anoint His feet with spikenard-it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to sit at His feet and learn of Him-but here, love, strong, fervent love, aspires to higher tokens of regard, and closer signs of fellowship. Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the spouse in joyful liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free spirit, we also may ask the like. By kisses we suppose to be intended those varied manifestations of affection by which the believer is made to enjoy the love of Jesus. The kiss of reconciliation we enjoyed at our conversion, and it was sweet as honey dropping from the comb. The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that He hath accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of daily, present communion, is that which we pant after to be repeated day after day, till it is changed into the kiss of reception, which removes the soul from earth, and the kiss of consummation which fills it with the joy of heaven. Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the road, but communion with Jesus is the well from which the pilgrim drinks. O lover of our souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of Thy blessing meet the lips of our asking; let the lips of Thy fulness touch the lips of our need, and straightway the kiss will be effected.
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Friday, June 22, 2012

FFF today

Welcome to Friday's Fave Five!  Join us as we look over the week and find some thing to be thankful for.  Never done a FFF before?  You can pop on over here for a minute and take a peek at the guidelines and then just jump on board.  We're always glad to meet someone new!

I haven't done one of these meme's in over a year so I thought maybe it was time to wake it up some.  ;P In Picture view.  Pictures are worth a thousand words. 








5 comments:

  1. cute blog!! and nice pics of some faves!!

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  2. Is that sun tea?? Yummy!

    The blooms flowers would be one of my faves, too :)

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  3. Love your pictures...especially the stack of books with a teacup on top! That's me. Have a great week.

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  4. Pretty impatiens. Love that color. Books and coffee, absolutely a fave!

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  5. I know it sounds crazy, but I don't like iced tea...only hot tea! Have a great week!

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