Gem #63 - Worldly Flavors

You know, when we have been taking some kind of medicine, and our mouth has

been impregnated with a strong flavor, whatever we eat acquires that taste.

You have got your mouth out of taste by taking in some of the world's

delicacies; you have some of the powder of the pastries of Sodom hanging on

your lips, that spoils the glorious flavor of your meditation on Jesus. In

fact, it prevents you from meditating on Christ at all. It is only a

hearing of the meditation with your ear; not a receiving of it with your

hearts.