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Stephen Charnock wrote, “The consideration and serious thoughts of heaven do affect a gracious heart and fill it with pleasure, though itself be as if in a wilderness.” Watson exclaimed, “Heaven will make amends for all. One hour in heaven will make us forget all our sorrows! The sun dries up the water; just so one beam of God’s glorious face will dry up all our tears.”

Read Chapter 2 on “Unbiblical Forms of Meditation.”

Donald Whitney compares meditation to hot water and a tea bag. “Hearing God’s Word is like one dip of the tea bag into the cup. Some of the tea’s flavor is absorbed by the water, but not as much as would occur with a more thorough soaking of the bag…. [Meditation] is like immersing the bag completely and letting it steep until all the rich tea flavor has been extracted.”