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(Thomas
Sherman, "Divine Breathings; Or, a Pious Soul Thirsting
after Christ")
"No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love Him!" 1
Corinthians 2:9
The vessel of our soul is too capacious to be filled
with all the pleasures and delights the world put together. But
hereafter, our pleasures and delights shall be too great for the
most capacious vessel to hold! Our glory shall be so great, that
power as well as goodness, shall be given by God
Himself, to renew and enlarge these vessels, that they may be
capable of receiving and retaining that glory. Strength and love
shall go forth together, to prepare and elevate our
dispositions, that they may be suitable for such a transcendent
and exalted state!
At present, we are too weak to bear such a weight of glory;
therefore God will immortalize us--that we may be able to
sustain it! And because our eternal joys cannot fully enter into
us while in this world--we shall fully enter into them
in heaven.
What fool would place only a few drops of carnal pleasures
into so large a vessel as the soul--and neglect the spring,
or rather the ocean of unspeakable bliss, and
everlasting glory!
O my soul, what a glorious day is coming, when the
vessels of
mercy
shall be cast into the ocean of mercy, and be filled to
the very brim with divine mercy! Then the soul that is
love-sick for Jesus--shall lie in the bosom of divine love, and
forever be satisfied with unfathomable love! Then the children
of God shall have a full fruition of God, and be forever
satisfied with the presence of God! The joy of His glorious
presence, the fullness of His joy, the sweetness of this
fullness, the eternity of this sweetness--the heart of man can
never adequately comprehend.
Lord, let the glory which you have prepared for me--turn my soul
from the vanities of earth!
"You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me
with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right
hand!" Psalm 16:11
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