Good morning,
On 1 June 2026, the Daily Devotion will begin new content. Grace Gems will appear Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday, will be my Bible study notes.
What are Grace Gems?
Our purpose is to humble the pride of man, to exalt the grace of God in salvation and to promote real holiness in heart and life.
Our desire is that the Holy Spirit, who is the Divine Revealer and Interpreter of Christ and His truth, may impart to your hearts a sober, spiritual and sanctifying receptivity of His Word—abasing self, and exalting Christ!
Our intention is to unfold and illustrate the Lord Jesus Christ in the relation in which He stands to His people—to unveil His glory, beauty, and fullness—to define the close bond of union that unites all His people to Him, and to bring you into a more personal realization of what Christ is to you, and of what you are to Christ.” (Octavius Winslow)
Our objective is to set before the Christian pilgrim some reflections which may prove challenging, consolatory and encouraging—as he journeys up from this bleak, arid, wilderness world, leaning on his Beloved.
May God’s blessing attend our humble effort to minister comfort to the downcast, strength to the weak, and courage to those who have set their faces towards their glorious eternal home. (https://www.gracegems.org/)
What more could I desire?
Charles Spurgeon, et al.
(You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
Song of Songs 2:16, “My Beloved is mine, and I am His!”
What a sweet and wondrous relationship exists between the believer and the Lord Jesus! What a privilege to call Him my Beloved! He is not only my Savior, but my daily Bread, my hourly Companion, my constant Joy. The more I know Him, the more I love Him.
This short verse is a well-spring of soul-satisfying truth. It is the language of holy intimacy, breathed from the heart of a redeemed sinner who has been saved from eternal perdition by Jesus. Here the sincere Christian speaks with the warmth of experiential knowledge: “My Beloved is mine, and I am His!”
“My Beloved is mine!” Who is this Beloved? He is the altogether lovely One, the fairest of ten thousand, the eternal Son of God. The believer dares to say that this glorious Person–this Prince of Heaven–is his! The One who reigns over angels, who upholds all creation by the word of His power–has freely given Himself to His redeemed people. All that He is, and all that He has, becomes theirs. His righteousness covers them.
His intercession sustains them.
His Spirit indwells them.
His love surrounds them.
His promises anchor them.
Oh what infinite condescension, that such a Savior would belong to such unworthy and Hell-deserving sinners.
“And I am His!” The believer belongs to Jesus–not merely by profession, but by redemption. He is . . .
bought with a price,
sealed with His Spirit,
and set apart for His glory.
The Christian is not his own. His heart, his will, his time, his affections, his very life–are bound up in the One who gave Himself for him. What a glorious blessing it is to wholly belong to the tender, faithful, wise, and holy One, who loves us perfectly.
In these few words lies the believer’s identity, security, and joy.
All the storms of life,
all the assaults of the enemy,
all the changing winds of emotions and circumstances;
cannot rob us of the assurance that Jesus is mine, and I am His.
If Jesus is mine then:
His love is mine to enjoy,
His power is mine to protect me,
His wisdom is mine to guide me,
His righteousness is mine to clothe me, His glory is mine to crown me!
I am His, and He is mine! What more could I desire? If I lose everything, yet retain my Lord, then I am rich beyond imagination! But if I had all the world, and not my Jesus, then I would be poor indeed.”We love Him, because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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