The Loveliness of Christ

I have been reading a small book written by Samuel Rutherford. He lived in the 17th century. The book is The Loveliness of Christ. It really is a wonderful book. It is a collection of quotations from letters he wrote to friends. I decided to give you a taste today.

"Christ all the seasons of the year, is dropping sweetness; if i had vessels i might fill them, but my old riven, holey, and running out dish, even when I am at the well, can bring little away. Nothing but glory will make tight and fast our leaking and rifty vessels...How little of the sea can a child carry in his hand;as little do I take away of my great sea, my boundless and running over Christ."

"The floods may swell and roar, but our ark shall swim above the waters, it cannot sink, because a Savior is in it."

"I rejoice that he is come and hath chosen you in the furnace; it is even there where ye and he set tryst; that is an old gate of Christ's. He keepeth the good old fashion with you, that was in Hosea's days: 'Therefore, behold I will allure her, and bring her to the wilderness and speak to her heart.' (Hosea 2:14). There was no talking to her heart while he and she were in the fair and flourishing city and at ease; but only in the cold, hungry, waste wilderness, he allureth her, and whispered in news into her ear there, and said,'Thou art mine.'

May you enjoy the Loveliness of Christ today.