C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Monday March 31, 2025

"And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night."-2 Samuel 21:10
    
    If the love of a woman to her slain sons could make her prolong her mournful vigil for so long a period, shall we weary of considering the sufferings of our blessed Lord? She drove away the birds of prey, and shall not we chase from our meditations those worldly and sinful thoughts which defile both our minds and the sacred themes upon which we are occupied? Away, ye birds of evil wing! Leave ye the sacrifice alone! She bore the heats of summer, the night dews and the rains, unsheltered and alone. Sleep was chased from her weeping eyes: her heart was too full for slumber. Behold how she loved her children! Shall Rizpah thus endure, and shall we start at the first little inconvenience or trial? Are we such cowards that we cannot bear to suffer with our Lord? She chased away even the wild beasts, with courage unusual in her sex, and will not we be ready to encounter every foe for Jesus' sake? These her children were slain by other hands than hers, and yet she wept and watched: what ought we to do who have by our sins crucified our Lord? Our obligations are boundless, our love should be fervent and our repentance thorough. To watch with Jesus should be our business, to protect His honour our occupation, to abide by His cross our solace. Those ghastly corpses might well have affrighted Rizpah, especially by night, but in our Lord, at whose cross-foot we are sitting, there is nothing revolting, but everything attractive. Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour. Jesus, we will watch with Thee yet awhile, and do Thou graciously unveil Thyself to us; then shall we not sit beneath sackcloth, but in a royal pavilion.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Award time...

Been awarded this award from 4 the LOVE of BOOKS

According to the rules, I'm supposed to share seven things about myself, then pass the award on to fifteen blogs I've recently discovered.


1. I'm a pastor's wife
2. I love to sew
3. I love to do crafts
4. I have a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education
5. I went to a Christian School from 4-12 grades
6. I substitute taught in public schools before I had kidos
7. I am a homeschooled mom

Now the blogs I am going to give this too are:
Not Quite June Cleaver
Heartfelt and Homemade
Prairie Flower Farm
Mommy's Kitchen
Brimful Curiosities
The Gourmet Farm Girl
Dore's Diaries
Live Laugh Love and Bloggings
Luv my Two Girls
Mommy has to Work
Hip Mama's Place
Faithful Provisions
Mom's Most Wanted
Saving Cents with Sense
Piece of Me

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5 comments:

  1. CoraJune 11, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Thank you so much....look forward to getting to know you!
    Come visit with me again!

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  2. Brimful CuriositiesJune 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    Thanks so much for thinking of me and awarding Brimful Curiosities! What a nice surprise.

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  3. LiveLaughLoveCjJune 11, 2010 at 11:04 PM

    Awwww - Thank you!
    Look forward to getting to know you better :)

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  4. UnknownJune 13, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    Glad to have met you!
    Thank you from The Gourmet Farm Girl!

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  5. Anne - Mommy Has to WorkJuly 16, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    sorry for the delayed thanks!

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