A small boy from the slums came to the hospital with a broken leg. He came from a family where. with seven children to feed, hunger was never quite satisfied.
At his home a glass of milk had to be shared between several children. A finger would be placed at a certain spot on the glass and the drinker would be told: "Only to here!"
At the hospital, when he had been made comfortable and the nurse brought him a large glass of milk, the little boy looked at it longingly and then asked, "How deep may I drink?"
The nurse, with tears in her eyes, exclaimed, "Drink it all darling; drink it all!"
The Lord Jesus, on one occasion, stood and cried: "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." John 7:3737In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (John 7:37).
If a thirsty one should ask: "How deep may I drink?" His answer would be, "O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved." Sol. 5:11I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Song of Solomon 5:1).
How deep may I drink of forgiveness? Until you have the assurance of complete forgiveness, for He "forgiveth all thine iniquities." Psa. 103:33Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; (Psalm 103:3).
How deep may I drink of His love? To the uttermost limit of your heart's capacity, to the end of time, and throughout all eternity; for the Father loves all believers as He loves the Son (John 17:2323I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (John 17:23)).
"O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved!"