If such is the union which subsists between our souls and the person of our Lord, how deep and broad is the channel of our communion! This is no narrow pipe through which a thread-like stream may wind its way. It is a channel of amazing depth and breadth along whose glorious length a ponderous volume of living water may roll. This city of communion has many pearly gates. Each gate is thrown wide open, that we may enter assured of welcome. How much we are blessed in having so large an entrance! Had the Lord Jesus been far away from us, with many a stormy sea between, we would have longed to send a messenger to tell Him of our love and bring us tidings from His Father's house. See His kindness. He takes lodging with us and tabernacles in poor humble hearts. How foolish we are if we do not live in habitual communion with Him! When the road is long, dangerous, and difficult, we need not wonder that friends seldom meet each other. But when they live together, will Jonathan forget his David? A wife may, when her husband is on a journey, live many days without holding a conversation with him, but she could never be separated from him if she knew he was in one of the rooms of her own house. Seek your Lord for He is near. Embrace Him for He is your Brother. Hold Him fast for He is your Husband. Press Him to your heart for He is of your own flesh.