Sweet Thoughts of our LORD JESUS
"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." -Daniel 12:2 [KJV] What a morning will this be! how distinguished from every other! Lord, how often do I now awake with thoughts of earth, and sin, and trifles, and vanity. How have I opened mine eyes this morning?—was it, dearest Jesus, with thoughts of Thee? In that solemn morning there will be no longer dreams, as now, even in our waking hours—for all childish imaginations, shadows, doubts, and fears, will be done away. Precious, blessed Lord Jesus! cause me morning by morning, while upon earth, to awaken with sweet thoughts of Thee. Let the close of night, and the opening of the day, be with Thy dear name in my heart, on my thoughts, and on my lips; and in that everlasting morning, after having dropped asleep in Jesus, and in Thy arms by faith, may I awake up in Thy embraces, and after Thy likeness, to be everlastingly a...