God and the Apple of His Eye

"His eyes are like doves by the water streams...."

Such was how Solomon depicted the eyes of the Bridegroom in the book Song of Songs, which clearly portrayed the eyes of our Heavenly Bridegroom, the Lord Jesus Christ.
When we behold those eyes from afar, they might seem as no more important than a pair of marbles, small and insignificant. But the closer we approach God's eyes, we behold how those pair of divine eyes shine like two mirrors in which we gaze into our own reflection. The closer we come to the Lord, the more we see our personal wrong-doings and shortcomings.
And, we are unwise if, after reflecting upon those mirrors, we turn away because we do not wish to behold or confess our weaknesses for Him to restore and change.
When we gaze upon those eyes deeper..... we shall see how gentle they are, full of love, compassion, grace and power!
He is full of compassion and grace; our Lord is the God of love who never stops loving sinful man, no matter how great our sins are. And He is full of grace, to lift us up out of the deepest pit.
He is all-powerful to change our wretched condition into the same likeness we see in Him, and He has all the power to transform all our vileness and blemish into a perfect being through Him.
We have learned that we, His church, His body, is the apple of God's eye, who always receive His attention and marvelous care -- for we are precious in His sight.
Whenever we, the apple of His eye, are ill, or have done some improper conducts against His will, or sadden/hurt His heart, or fall into mistakes due to our yet imperfect condition, God always washes us with His tears, with the water of His Living Word. Every time we do wrong, the washing by the Word of God comes to cleanse us of guilt.
Let us always become God's precious apple of His eyes, pleasing His heart at all times! Amen.

--Mrs. J.W. Totaijs, KRISTUS GEMBALA Magazine, August 1976--