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We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life.
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . . Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord. . . .
― Charles Spurgeon


Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.
― C. H. Spurgeon


Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon


If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.
― Charles Spurgeon


A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.
― Charles Spurgeon


Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.
― Charles Spurgeon


When your will is God's will, you will have your will.
― Charles Spurgeon


https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2876959.Charles_Haddon_Spurgeon

(Philippians 2:13, KJV)

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Back and forth it blows and blows,
cooling some, then others,
acting in the diff'rent shows
as enemies or brothers.

Ev'ry rhythm in life moving,
right and left and right.
Are we living or just proving,
"Structure is our might"?

Fans are needed in the summer,
keeping our lives cool.
"Marching to each diff'rent drummer"
kindness needs to rule.

Back and forth we blow and blow,
doing deeds as ever.
Help we all the world to grow,
making all quite clever?

When this life is finally through,
will He praise our hearts?
Or will He question all we do,
the stoppings and the starts?


The line in quotes is an allusion
to the famous quote
by Henry David Thoreau in Walden.
https://www.bartleby.com/73/905.html


by Jay O’Toole
on August 5th, 2021


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