"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." Deut. 6:5
A "saying" by Brother Thomas appeared in a devotional booklet I read daily. It said, "Count as lost every day you not have used in loving God."
The Holy Spirit used those words as an arrow entering the recesses of my mind until they touched
my heart and resounded in my ears.
How many have been the times when I stretched out on my bed and realized that the "busy-ness" of my day had kept me from the "secret place" with the Lord.
My thoughts turned directly the very old hymn written by William D. Longstaff; "Take time to be holy; Speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word. Make friends of God's children, Help those who are weak; Forgetting in nothing His blessings to seek."
Jesus knew us well.
He said, "Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness..THEN all these things will be added unto you." Mt. 6:33
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