The sweetest honey is straight from the comb.

Have you ever tasted honey straight from the honeycomb? The awesome sweetness bursts in your mouth as you bite down on a piece of fresh honeycomb. For some unexplained reason, honey always tastes richer and sweeter when you eat it straight from the comb. You might find a jar of honey with comb in it at your local produce stand. If not, taste some liquid honey.

If you can find fresh honey still in the comb, share some with your family and let everyone taste the sweetness. Then share Psalm 19:9-10 with them from the Bible.

⁹ The fear of the LORD is pure, 
   enduring forever. 
The ordinances of the LORD are sure 
   and altogether righteous. 
¹⁰ They are more precious than gold, 
   than much pure gold; 
they are sweeter than honey, 
   than honey from the comb.

Children may be confused with some of the big words, but a simpler explanation is that God’s Word, his Bible, is good and can be trusted. It is more precious than pure gold, and it is sweeter than honey from the honeycomb.

If you take a few minutes to look up the words honey and honeycomb in a Bible concordance you will see that this comparison between honey and the lessons we learn from God’s Word is made in several places in the Bible.

Share a simple Bible story with your children that they can easily understand. Several excellent Bible story books are available in Christian bookstores, and new ones are coming out every day. Let your children see you read your Bible on a regular basis. They learn to value it – or not – by watching the example you set.

Another similar Bible verse is Psalm 34:8  “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” 

Heavenly Father, thank you for giving us your words in the Bible. Help us to want to know you as much as we want to eat good food.

OK, you can’t see the honey in this shot, but I thought you might like this picture of me anyway.

Written by Janice D. Green, author of The First Christmas and The Creation.