Loving and keeping

 My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly. Psalm 119:167

The psalmist keeps God's Word and loves it exceedingly. Keeping and loving are connected. He loves God's Word, therefore he keeps it. People always keep the things they love carefully, they keep them like a treasure in the best place, they don't carelessly put them somewhere.

The psalmist doesn't just like God's Word, he loves it exceedingly. Because God's Word is exceedingly wonderful, exceedingly powerful, exceedingly wise,  exceedingly effective, therefore it deserves exceeding love.

From my diary,

February 9, 2023