Love is Exotic

The famous English preacher C.H. Spurgeon said, "Love is an exotic; it is not a plant which will flourish naturally in human soil, it must be watered from above...Love must be fed on love. The very soul and life of our love to God is His love to us.

I love Thee, Lord, but with no love of mine,

For I have none to give;

I love Thee, Lord; but all the love is Thine,

For by Thy love I live.

I am nothing, and rejoice to be

Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in Thee."

(Morning & Evening Daily Readings, June 11)