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"Marvellous lovingkindness." - Psalm 17:7
When we give our hearts with our alms, we give well, but we must often plead to
a failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favours are
always performed with the love of his heart. He does not send to us the cold
meat and the broken pieces from the table of his luxury, but he dips our morsel
in his own dish, and seasons our provisions with the spices of his fragrant
affections. When he puts the golden tokens of his grace into our palms, he
accompanies the gift with such a warm pressure of our hand, that the manner of
his giving is as precious as the boon itself. He will come into our houses upon
his errands of kindness, and he will not act as some austere visitors do in the
poor man's cottage, but he sits by our side, not despising our poverty, nor
blaming our weakness. Beloved, with what smiles does he speak! What golden
sentences drop from his gracious lips! What embraces of affection does he bestow
upon us! If he had but given us farthings, the way of his giving would have
gilded them; but as it is, the costly alms are set in a golden basket by his
pleasant carriage. It is impossible to doubt the sincerity of his charity, for
there is a bleeding heart stamped upon the face of all his benefactions. He
giveth liberally and upbraideth not. Not one hint that we are burdensome to him;
not one cold look for his poor pensioners; but he rejoices in his mercy, and
presses us to his bosom while he is pouring out his life for us. There is a
fragrance in his spikenard which nothing but his heart could produce; there is a
sweetness in his honey-comb which could not be in it unless the very essence of
his soul's affection had been mingled with it. Oh! the rare communion which such
singular heartiness effecteth! May we continually taste and know the blessedness
of it!
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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