DAILY READINGS: 2 Chronicles 35; Daniel 2:24-49; 1 John 5
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me? John 21:16
Tradition has painted, by brush and pen, portraits of the man
called Peter. He is memorialized by magnificent cathedrals. But we
must look elsewhere for a memorial engraved where time cannot
erase it. These words move the heart of every sinner saved by grace
who has felt the pulse of Peter’s passion, known some sad failure,
and the pardoning grace of the Saviour. The words touch the wellsprings
of our tears and we fain would make them ours: “Lord Thou
knowest all things; Thou knowest I love Thee.” —J. Boyd Nicholson
I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow:
’Tis Thou who art worthy, Lord Jesus, ’tis Thou. —W. R. Featherstone