In The Bible It's Always Spring

As the shining of the sun enlargeth the spirit of poor creatures, the birds in springtime to sing, so proportionately, the apprehension of the sweet love of God in Christ enlargeth the spirit of a man, and makes him full of joy and thanksgiving. He breaks forth into joy, so that his whole life is a matter of joy and thanksgiving.

Richard Sibbes, from The Matchless Love and Inbeing, quoted in Delighting in the Trinity, Mike Reeves, P107.

I've been sharing reasons to read the Bible over the last few days. Sibbes, of course, says it better. Why read the Bible? Because it draws our hearts to God, and produces the overflowing fruit of joy and thanksgiving. In the Bible it's always Spring, life is always blooming, the darkness is always been chased away...