DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 31; Job 42; Matt. 17:14 to 18:14
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war…but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. Deuteronomy 24:5
When an Israelite woman married God tenderly devoted her husband’s attention to her during this “prolonged honeymoon”. At conversion, we each became a part of the Bride of the Lamb. Soon there will be a wedding day and the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7). Honeymoons don’t last forever, but our heavenly one will. We will know “pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16:11). Can you say, honestly, “I can hardly wait?” What a blessed people we are. So then, may our lives reflect our high and holy calling. —Vernon Markle
‘Tis sweet, the thought of rising the risen Lord to meet;
Or changed, ourselves surprising, like Him for whom we wait.
—Author Unknown