03/30/2017 SWEET
Psalm 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
[New International Translation]
Summary
With 176 verses, Psalm 119 is the longest chapter and the longest psalm in the Bible. Psalm 119 is an alphabetic acrostic (i.e. composition) psalm. The first eight verses of the psalm all begin with the letter “aleph,” the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The next eight verses begin with “beth,” the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and so on. Psalm 119 covers the entire Hebrew alphabet, this is one of the reasons why the Psalm is so long.
Verse 103 of Psalm 119 is under the Hebrew letter, “mem.” The verses under “mem” contain verses that express “the love of God’s law”--- the sweetness of GOD’s WORD.
As you read the eight verses of “mem,” it is as if the writer is overwhelmed with emotion at how GOOD GOD’s WORD is. The sweet communion with THE MAKER; the rich joy of listening to HIS PROMISES; remembering GOD’s whispering WORD of comfort, the writer of Psalms 119 delights and rejoices in THE WORD . He marvels how the WORD taught him how to walk [in the right direction] and how THE WORD opened up his understanding as no human teacher could do. The writer is in awe at how much GOD’s WORD has shaped his life. To the writer, not even the best and the sweetest honey in all the land compares to how sweet THE WORD.
Sugar
Sugar comes in many forms. There are the naturally occurring sugars that are in fruit, called fructose, and in milk, called lactose. And then there are the “added sugars,” those sugars and syrups that are added to foods and drinks during their preparation.
According the American Heart Association the major sources of added sugars are those found in soft drinks, candy, cakes, cookies, pies, fruit drinks (fruitades and punch), dairy desserts (e.g. ice cream, sweetened yogurt, sweetened milks, and grains (e.g. cinnamon toast, honey waffles).
The American Heart Association has two separate guidelines for daily added sugar---one for women and one for men:
See, www.Heart.org.