My sweet pomegranate wine

(Thomas Watson, "The Lord's Prayer")

"Christ's love compels us." 2 Corinthians 5:14

True love to love God turns the soul into a seraphim; 
it makes it burn in a flame of affection. Love is the 
truest touchstone of sincerity. 

Love is the queen of the graces; it commands the 
whole soul. If our love to God is genuine, we let Him 
have the supremacy of our love. We will set Him in 
the highest place of our soul. We will give Him the 
purest of our love. "I would give You spiced wine to 
drink, my sweet pomegranate wine." Canticles 8:2. 
If the spouse had anything better—a cup more juicy 
and spiced—Christ would drink of that! 

We give the creature the milk of our love;
but God gets the cream!
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