tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post145382397123793318..comments2023-07-15T05:00:09.606-07:00Comments on Bible Book Club: Song of Solomon 1:1-2:7: The Unsatisfied Life and Its RemedyCarol Ann Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676125721105006155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199367098526365458.post-33306528862153172312023-05-11T06:30:32.698-07:002023-05-11T06:30:32.698-07:00Well that was fun! I have not read Union and Commu...Well that was fun! I have not read Union and Communion in years! This paragraph always gets me: <br /><br />They made me keeper of the vineyards;<br />But mine own vineyard have I not kept.<br /><br />Our attention is here drawn to a danger which is pre-eminently one of this day: the intense activity of our times may lead to zeal in service, to the neglect of personal communion; but such neglect will not only lessen the value of the service, but tend to incapacitate us for the highest service. If we are watchful over the souls of others, and neglect our own—if we are seeking to remove the motes from our brother’s eye, unmindful of the beam in our own, we shall often be disappointed with our powerlessness to help our brethren, while our MASTER will not be less disappointed in us. Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do; and that all fruit borne when not abiding in CHRIST must be fruit of the flesh, and not of the SPIRIT. The sin of neglected communion may be forgiven, and yet the effect remain permanently; as wounds when healed often leave a scar behind.Carol Ann Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676125721105006155noreply@blogger.com