C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Wednesday April 2, 2025

"He answered him to never a word."-Matthew 27:14
    
    He had never been slow of speech when He could bless the sons of men, but He would not say a single word for Himself. "Never man spake like this Man," and never man was silent like Him. Was this singular silence the index of His perfect self-sacrifice? Did it show that He would not utter a word to stay the slaughter of His sacred person, which He had dedicated as an offering for us? Had He so entirely surrendered Himself that He would not interfere in His own behalf, even in the minutest degree, but be bound and slain an unstruggling, uncomplaining victim? Was this silence a type of the defenselessness of sin? Nothing can be said in palliation or excuse of human guilt; and, therefore, He who bore its whole weight stood speechless before His judge. Is not patient silence the best reply to a gainsaying world? Calm endurance answers some questions infinitely more conclusively than the loftiest eloquence. The best apologists for Christianity in the early days were its martyrs. The anvil breaks a host of hammers by quietly bearing their blows. Did not the silent Lamb of God furnish us with a grand example of wisdom? Where every word was occasion for new blasphemy, it was the line of duty to afford no fuel for the flame of sin. The ambiguous and the false, the unworthy and mean, will ere long overthrow and confute themselves, and therefore the true can afford to be quiet, and finds silence to be its wisdom. Evidently our Lord, by His silence, furnished a remarkable fulfillment of prophecy. A long defence of Himself would have been contrary to Isaiah's prediction. "He is led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth." By His quiet He conclusively proved Himself to be the true Lamb of God. As such we salute Him this morning. Be with us, Jesus, and in the silence of our heart, let us hear the voice of Thy love.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Work In Progress (WIPs) more progress was attempted

WIPs on Wednesdays

I came across Esther's Blog this week and found that she does WIPs on Wednesdays meme.  Sew, I dug a little deeper to see what exactly that was.  I found out it means work in progress (WIP).  Since I've been posting my cross stitch only on FNSI with Heidi and Bobbi I thought I'd share it here because I have worked on it a few times since last month's FNSI.  Which reminds me I won't be able to do FNSI this month because it is scheduled for July 22nd and I'll be at church camp that week.  However, be sure to head over to Heidi's and sign up for the July FNSI.   I was sew disappointed that I'm going to have to miss this month's FNSI.   I figured I'd better work on my cross-stitch  more than once a month or I'm not going to get this thing finished in my mom's (because that is who it it for) life time nor mine either if I don't get a humpin' on it.  ;P  Sew I worked on it last week a little bit and here is what was accomplished....

cross-stitch after June's FNSI


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All that to say this..."Head over to Esther's Blog and check out what others are posting for their WIPs and join the fun by adding your own WIPs to the linky posted there. 

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2 comments:

  1. Carol SaninJuly 6, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    very pretty I haven't touch my cross stitch in ages. Have fun

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  2. Esther AliuJuly 6, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    What beautiful cross stitch. I haven't hand stitched for a while. Thank you for joining in WOW (WIPs On Wednesdays). It's the little progress steps that make the overall difference, that's why I love trying to finish something...or at least acknowledge that there is something which needs finishing -each week.

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