The Kiss of a spouse! Real Southern Woman
Channel: REAL SOUTHERN WOMAN, COLLARD VALLEY COOK
Date: 2021-04-01

My gift A personalized journal from Barb Winslow from https://papersunday.com/ 

A link to the beautiful Easter Halleluiah Song: An Easter Hallelujah - Cassandra Star & her sister Callahan 



Charles Haddon Spurgeon 

April 1st — Morning Reading 

"Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth." — Sng 1:2 

For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to Him; there are no prefatory (opening) words; she does not even mention His name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of Him who was the only Him in the world to her.  

How bold is her love! It was much condescension (attitude of patronizing superiority) from those around her, which permitted the weeping and conscience-stricken to anoint His feet with spikenard (an essential oil)-it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to sit at His feet and learn of Him-but here, love, strong, fervent love, aspires to higher tokens of regard, and closer signs of fellowship.  

 

Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the spouse in joyful liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free spirit, we also may ask the like. She went before her spouse (the king) without permission knowing that he could sentence her to death for this act. However, she received the kiss of acceptance from her king. 

The kiss of reconciliation (restored our relationship with God) we enjoyed at our conversion (upon spiritual salvation), and it was sweet as honey dropping from the comb. The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that He hath accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of daily, present communion (the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings), is that which we pant (gasp) after to be repeated day after day, till it is changed into the kiss of reception (when we are received into heaven), which removes the soul from earth, and the kiss of consummation (action of making a marriage or relationship complete) which fills it with the joy of heaven.  

Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the road, but communion (close relationship) with Jesus is the well from which we drink. O lover of our souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of Thy blessing meet the lips of our asking; let the lips of Thy fulness touch the lips of our need, and straightway the kiss will be accepted.  Edited by Tammy Nichols for easy reading.