Friday, July 1, 2022

Longing for Fresh Flowers Planted

 The voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. Genesis 3:8
 
"MY soul, now that the cool of the day has come, retire awhile and hearken to the voice of thy God. He is always ready to speak with thee when thou art prepared to hear. 
---If there be any slowness to commune it is not on His part, but altogether on thine own, for He stands at the door and knocks, and if His people will but open He rejoices to enter. 
 
Q: But in what state is my heart, which is my Lord's garden
May I venture to hope that it is 
well trimmed and watered, 
and is bringing forth fruit fit for Him? 
 
---Come, therefore, O Lord, my God, my soul invites Thee earnestly, and waits for Thee eagerly. 
 
Come to me, O Jesus, my well-beloved, and plant fresh flowers in
my garden
, such as I see blooming in such perfection in Thy matchless character
Come, O my Father, who art the Husbandman, and deal with me in Thy tenderness and prudence! 
Come, O Holy Spirit, and bedew my whole nature, as the herbs are now moistened with the evening dews. 
---O that God would speak to me. 
Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth! 
 
Sweet is the cool twilight, when every star seems like the eye of heaven, and the cool wind is as the breath of celestial love." Charles Spurgeon