One Day

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had 
rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than 
to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
                     Psalms 84:10

The least good look that a man hath from God, and the least
good word that a man hears from God, and the least love letter
and love token that a man receives from God, is exceedingly
precious to that man that hath God for his portion. “One day in 
thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.”  He doth not
say, One year in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere,
but One day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere;
nor doth he say, One quarter of a year in thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere, but “One day in thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere”; nor doth he say, One month is better
than a thousand elsewhere, but “One day in thy courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere,” to shew that the very least of God
is exceeding precious to a gracious soul that hath God for his portion.
                                                             Thomas Brooks