the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
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Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 2 Corinthians 5:9.
This indeed is the true disposition of a soul espoused to Christ. She has but one care, which is to please him in all things. And this desire to do his will, is, as it were, the ring and the seal of her bridegroom, which she may look upon even in the absence of all spiritual joy, as a token for good, that she is his spouse.
Ought not then this day, O my soul, to be a new wedding-day with Christ? He is desirous that thou shouldst be betrothed unto him, even now, and waits only for thy consent. Hearken, O daughter, consider and incline thine ear, be no longer married to the world. Forget thy own people and thy father’s house, and take him alone for thy husband; so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty. Wilt thou give the refusal to this glorious and loving Saviour? I hope not. Give it rather to the world, and resolutely say. It is enough, I have done with thee, O poor world! I break the bonds of my former love; my eyes and my feet shall henceforth only be directed to the blessed and eternal city of the new Jerusalem, where my heavenly bridegroom resides.
O, what need have I to be daily prepared, dressed, and beautified, against his coming, and the time of his taking me home to himself! Far be it from me to please the world any longer. No, no; but since I am betrothed, and have given myself in marriage to Christ, I will love him alone, and be true to him, whilst any drop of blood flows in my veins. Amen.
