C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Thursday August 14, 2025

"I know their sorrows."-Exodus 3:7
    
    The child is cheered as he sings, "This my father knows"; and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us?
    
    1. He is the Physician, and if He knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the beloved Physician, knows thy soul in adversities. Why need the patient analyze all the medicine, or estimate all the symptoms? This is the Physician's work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and His to prescribe. If He shall write His prescription in uncouth characters which I cannot read, I will not be uneasy on that account, but rely upon His unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however mysterious in the working.
    
    2. He is the Master, and His knowledge is to serve us instead of our own; we are to obey, not to judge: "The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth." Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works? If he knows his own intent, is it not enough? The vessel on the wheel cannot guess to what pattern it shall be conformed, but if the potter understands his art, what matters the ignorance of the clay? My Lord must not be cross-questioned any more by one so ignorant as I am.
    
    3. He is the Head. All understanding centres there. What judgment has the arm? What comprehension has the foot? All the power to know lies in the head. Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus knows all. Sweet Lord, be thou for ever eye, and soul, and head for us, and let us be content to know only what Thou choosest to reveal.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree


Linda @ 2nd Cup of Coffee is having a Christmas tree show off MEME today.  head over there and click on all the links and visit everyone's Christmas tree.  Add yours if you have it posted.  grab a cup of hot beverage  and join the fun....

welcome to my tour



who took that one?






 

from Our house to Yours  May you have a Blessed Christmas Season


 You may see more of my Christmas decorations over at Author Cheryl St. John's Christmas tree tour here.

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5 comments:

  1. 2nd cup LindaDecember 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM

    Love the vertical touch! I've dreamed of a staircase to decorate, but alas, it will never be. Anyway, thanks for sharing! It was lovely, even the pic "Who took that?" LOL

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  2. AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 8:01 PM

    Love how you took pics as decorations were going up. Your tree looks so nice.

    Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  3. SusanneDecember 9, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    I've seen ribbon going up and down but never beads. Lovely idea.

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  4. fredamansDecember 9, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    You won at Freda's Voice! Check your email and Congratulations!

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  5. KimDecember 10, 2010 at 7:25 AM

    Looks like y'all had a lot of fun putting the tree up! And it's gorgeous -- good job! Have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!

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