DAILY READINGS: Deut. 20-21; Joel 2; Luke 12:1-21
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my
beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 5:16
The bride’s words to her beloved, express the Church’s desire for
the Lord Jesus. Two Hebrew words make up the word translated
here “beloved”. One means “all” and the other means “a delightful
or desired thing”. Combined they mean that our Beloved is all
lovely and all desirable. The psalmist rightly concludes, “There
is none upon earth that I desire beside thee” (Ps. 73:25). Our love
for Christ should cause worship to spring up in our hearts today!
—Warren Henderson
All that thrills my soul is Jesus, He is more than life to me.
And the fairest of ten thousand, in my blessed Lord I see. —T. H.