C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Tuesday April 1, 2025

"Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth."-Song of Solomon 1:2
    
    For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to Him; there are no prefatory words; she does not even mention His name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of Him who was the only Him in the world to her. How bold is her love! it was much condescension which permitted the weeping penitent to anoint His feet with spikenard-it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to sit at His feet and learn of Him-but here, love, strong, fervent love, aspires to higher tokens of regard, and closer signs of fellowship. Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the spouse in joyful liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free spirit, we also may ask the like. By kisses we suppose to be intended those varied manifestations of affection by which the believer is made to enjoy the love of Jesus. The kiss of reconciliation we enjoyed at our conversion, and it was sweet as honey dropping from the comb. The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that He hath accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of daily, present communion, is that which we pant after to be repeated day after day, till it is changed into the kiss of reception, which removes the soul from earth, and the kiss of consummation which fills it with the joy of heaven. Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the road, but communion with Jesus is the well from which the pilgrim drinks. O lover of our souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of Thy blessing meet the lips of our asking; let the lips of Thy fulness touch the lips of our need, and straightway the kiss will be effected.
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Friday, December 17, 2010

waiting for....



A Hot Shower!!!!!

I bet you thought I'd say...waiting for Christmas or Santa????  Surprised ye didn't I.

Why is it mom always seems to get the last shower which is generally COLD????  Can someone explain this concept to me ~ PLEASE!

OK while I wait I'm going to post some cool links that I just came across this morning.

One was at Karen Ehman site.  Check out her The Hush Among the Hustle post. 

Here's a neat idea I love wish I would have had it when my girls were little.  I'll have to put it in the memory bank for future offspring now...


A hush among the hustle.
Could we find it this year at Christmas?
Could we model it for the children in our lives?
Here are some ideas to try, taken from our book Homespun Memories for the Heart.

~ Give the Nativity
When each of your children are young, purchase a nativity set for them to have when they are grown and leave your home. Figure out how many pieces are in the set. Then, each year, give them one piece in their stocking, timing it so that they get the last piece the year they are 18.
(see the rest of this article with other tips here)

Gooseberry Patch site has some really cool.
crafts and easy homemade goodie links posted today....
click here to head over and see what they are sharing.
just a sneak picture of a few of the items...


Hot chocolate on a stick
wreath of stars
clothes pin garland


double oreo dippers
 and so much more...  click here to go to Gooseberry Patch and get started  ooooooo and aaaaaaahhhhh -ing

thought I'd also tell you about ABC family on-line Christmas

my daughter and I watched full version of the Snowglobe on-line last night.  They have many other Christmas movies you can watch on-line.  May have to watch another one tonight.
Cool.  I love Christmas movies.  Click here to see the schedule of on-line movies.  It's over on the right hand side under heading holiday movies on-line.  Find the movie and click watch now will take you right to the page.  Cool.


Ok I need to get in the shower so I can get lunch started.  just needed to spend some time on my blog...
til next time Happy Day to you all. 

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