Morning, May 11
Go To Evening Reading
“I am with you alway.”
Matthew 28:20
It is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with
us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the
sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten,
decaying treasures, but set thine heart upon him who abides forever
faithful to thee. Build not thine house upon the moving quicksands
of a deceitful world, but found thy hopes upon this rock, which, amid
descending rain and roaring floods, shall stand immovably secure.
My soul, I charge thee, lay up thy treasure in the only secure cabinet;
store thy jewels where thou canst never lose them. Put thine all in
Christ; set all thine affections on his person, all thy hope in his
merit, all thy trust in his efficacious blood, all thy joy in his
presence, and so thou mayest laugh at loss, and defy destruction.
Remember that all the flowers in the world’s garden fade by turns, and the day cometh when nothing will be left
but the black, cold earth. Death’s black extinguisher must soon put out thy candle. Oh! how sweet to
have sunlight when the candle is gone! The dark flood must soon roll
between thee and all thou hast; then wed thine heart to him who will
never leave thee; trust thyself with him who will go with thee through
the black and surging current of death’s stream, and who will land thee safely on the celestial shore, and
make thee sit with him in heavenly places forever. Go, sorrowing son
of affliction, tell thy secrets to the Friend who sticketh closer
than a brother. Trust all thy concerns with him who never can be taken
from thee, who will never leave thee, and who will never let thee
leave him, even “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” “Lo, I am with you alway,” is enough for my soul to live upon, let who will forsake me.