C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Thursday June 19, 2025

"My Beloved is mine, and I am His: He feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved, and be Thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether."-Song of Solomon 2:16, 17
    
    Surely if there be a happy verse in the Bible it is this-"My Beloved is mine, and I am His." So peaceful, so full of assurance, so overrunning with happiness and contentment is it, that it might well have been written by the same hand which penned the twenty-third Psalm. Yet though the prospect is exceeding fair and lovely-earth cannot show its superior-it is not entirely a sunlit landscape. There is a cloud in the sky which casts a shadow over the scene. Listen, "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away."
    
    There is a word, too, about the "mountains of Bether," or, "the mountains of division," and to our love, anything like division is bitterness. Beloved, this may be your present state of mind; you do not doubt your salvation; you know that Christ is yours, but you are not feasting with Him. You understand your vital interest in Him, so that you have no shadow of a doubt of your being His, and of His being yours, but still His left hand is not under your head, nor doth His right hand embrace you. A shade of sadness is cast over your heart, perhaps by affliction, certainly by the temporary absence of your Lord, so even while exclaiming, "I am His," you are forced to take to your knees, and to pray, "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved."
    
    "Where is He?" asks the soul. And the answer comes, "He feedeth among the lilies." If we would find Christ, we must get into communion with His people, we must come to the ordinances with His saints. Oh, for an evening glimpse of Him! Oh, to sup with Him to-night!
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

What to do with....

Please use MR. Linky below to share a pumpkin recipe
 Six pumpkins????  

 Yep, count them six in all 

 What did I do with them?????.....
 
gutted them and....
froze them and....



















cook them...
(above photo:  left~cinnamon/sugar seeds,
right~garlic seeds and bottom~ranch seeds)

 

 Pumpkin Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked pumpkin (cut in half, scoop out seeds, place cut side down add small amount of water in baking pan and bake at 350 degrees until soft.  Peel and mush or blend the pumpkin.)
1/2 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar (maple syrup or honey)
2 eggs
2 teaspoon baking pwder
2 cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1/2 cup raisins (optional) OR 1-2 cups chocolate chips (optional)

Mix all of the ingredients together, adjust spices to your taste,  and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.  Drop by the spoonful. onto greased cookie sheets and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.

*Try substituting sweet potatoes or butternut squash (or any winter squash) for the pumpkin for a different taste.  or put them in muffin tins or bake in a loaf pan.  These are a cake like cookie texture.
They are incredibly tasty (ridiculously good, even), and you can eat all you want, because they're made from vegetables!!!!  YES!!!  Don't tell your family they are good for them.

Now it's your turn to share a link for a pumpkin recipe.... Use Mr. Linky below. or leave a comment with your link.  thanks.








October 31 - Focus on the kitchen, the heart of the home. Cook things with pleasant aromas. Pick a meal the family can cook together - include everyone in a task and take pictures so everyone can remember moments in the kitchen together - test tasting, being creative, laughing and loving. Remove discontentment with your home or family and give thanks to God for the home God has given you to in which to create a haven for your family.



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