Taking the opportunity to get another start, I'm sharing the January 1st entry from my latest acquisition, Spurgeon's devotional material.
We will exult and rejoice in you
Song of Solomon 1:4
...We will exult and rejoice: two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness. Need there be any limit to our rejoicing in the Lord even now? ... We will be glad and rejoice in You. That last word is the meat in the dish, the kernel of the nut, the soul of the text. What heavens are laid up in Jesus! What rivers of infinite bliss have their source, aye, and every drop of their fullness in Him! Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, You are the present portion of Your people, favor us this year with such a sense of Your preciousness that from its first to its last day we may be glad and rejoice in You. Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.
~Charles H. Spurgeon's Evening by Evening: A New Edition Based on the ESV Bible, edited by Alistair Begg (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2007).
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