I really like honey. It is not only the taste, but also the smell and the memories of my childhood. I remember my grandfather’s beehives, the smell of the old smokehouse after the frames were cleaned. I can still see in my mind’s eye, my grandmother pressing the honey thru a sieve into mason jars and handing me a piece of honeycomb to chew on. I really like honey.
Many consider honey a medicinal source as well. You have a cough, take a spoonful of honey. Is your disposition sour, take a spoonful of honey. Do you have allergies, take a spoonful of local honey each day.
Honey is mentioned in the Bible 62 times. Remember, John the Baptist’s diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. Proverbs 24:13-14 states:
“13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. 14Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.”
We listen to or “turn an ear” to wise sayings. The following appeared in the Cedar Grove Church (Fairburn, Ga.) bulletin:
When entrusted with a secret, keep it. It’s never too late for an apology. Look people in the eye when you thank them. If you have made your point, stop talking. Words may lie, but actions will always tell the truth. An hour spent with grandparents is time well spent. A clean conscience makes a soft pillow. Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, FAITH looks up! Compassion is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.
The words of God are far more important than what I listed above. David wrote in Psalms 19 that the decrees of the Lord were sweeter than honey from the honeycomb. The words of the Lord can sooth a troubled soul, lift a sagging spirit, replenish the oil in our lamp, give joy to our heart, and give us warmth.
Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 12: 12-13:
…12Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. 13Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
These are the sweetest and wisest words of all.
